Russia

Noam Chomsky explains the nature of the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union before its collapse in 1989.

The history of the rising of the naval town of Kronstadt in Russia by workers and sailors supporting the original aims of the 1917 Revolution…

The story of the Kronstadt revolt, compactly told, a decisive moment in the Bolshevik counter-revolution.

A short history of the first unsuccessful Russian Revolution of 1905. Following the 'Bloody Sunday' massacre, a general strike paralysed the…

A short sketch of the life of a young Russian anarchist sailor who, in collaboration with the Bolsheviks and others, was on hand to disperse both…

Originally a contribution to the conference held by UK Wildcat on the Russian revolution and its implications today [i.e. 1985].

A short biography of Russian anarchist guerrilla and orator Marussia Nikiforova, who fought in the Russian Civil War following the 1917…

We reproduce an excerpt from Memoirs of a Revolutionary, (1945) by Victor Serge on the Kronstadt rebellion against the Bolshevik autocracy, its…

Obituary of Russian-American anarchist historian Paul Avrich by Stuart Christie from The Guardian, Monday April 10, 2006.

The gas-dispute between Russia and Ukraine earlier this month has been a gift to the British nuclear industry, and could not have come at a better time for the pro-nuclear forces that are working over-time to secure a new generation of nuclear reactors across Britain.

Alex Berkman anaylses the failure of the Russian Revolution, written 1922.

Alexander Berkman analyses the role of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution, written June 1921…