Russian Revolution 1917

All-Russian assembly of workers' councils, Petrograd 1917

All-Russian assembly of workers' councils, Petrograd 1917

Fanya Baron

Baron, Fanya aka Fanny Grefenson, aka Anisimovna aka Fanny Baron 1887-1921

A short biography of Fanya Baron, an idealistic young anarchist who suffered the brutality of both…

You are called to the war - Sylvia Pankhurst

Article in Workers' Dreadnought opposing the involvement of the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War.

The Lenin revolution: what it means to democracy - Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst announces the Russian Revolution and discusses its relevance to the situation in Britain.

Soviet Russia as I saw it in 1920: the Congress in the Kremlin - Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst's report to Workers' Dreadnaught, on her attendance at the Second Congress of the…

Capitalism or communism for Russia? - Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst discusses how the implementation of the New Economic Policy had merely intensified, rather than abolished, capitalism in early 1920s Russia.

Borisov, Sergei Makarovich, aka Sasha Ciorniyi, Makar Sliahovsky, Piotr, Seeii, 1884-1910

A short biography of Sergei Borisov, organiser of anarchist combat groups in south…

Julius Martov

The role of the soviets in Russia's bourgeois revolution: the point of view of Julius Martov - Adam Buick

Questions the assumption that the form of working class organisation to overthrow…

Olga Taratuta

Taratuta, Olga Ilyinichna 1876-1938 (real name Elka Golda Elievna Ruvinskaia)

A short biography of Olga Taratuta the “grandmother” of the Russian anarchist movement and a founder…

Zhuk, Iustin Petrovich 1887-1919

A short biography of Iustin Zhuk, an heroic figure of Russian anarchism

Women in the Russian revolution

Russian Revolution 1917 - further reading guide

Libcom's guide to further reading around the subject of the Russian revolution and counter-revolution of 1917 to 1921.

Lev Zadov

Zadov, Lev Nikolaevich aka Zinkovsky aka Leva aka Levka the Bandit 1893-1938

Short biography of Lev Zadov, anarchist communist, metalworker and (in)famous organiser of the…

Viktor Belash.

Belash, Viktor Fedorovich aka Bilash 1893-1938

A short biography of Viktor Belash. Ukrainian anarchist communist, railway worker, and brilliant strategist of the Makhnovist movement.