Russian Revolution 1917

All-Russian assembly of workers' councils, Petrograd 1917

All-Russian assembly of workers' councils, Petrograd 1917

Leon Trotsky.

Trotsky, the Left Opposition and the Rise of Stalinism: Theory and Practice - John Eric Marot

Through a critical examination of the limits of SWP guru Tony Cliff's analysis,…

Gorelik

Gorelik, Grigorii aka Anatolii, 1890-1956

A short biography of Grigorii Gorelik, Ukrainian anarchist participant in the Russian Revolution.

Yarchuk

Yarchuk, Efim, 1882 or 1886-1937

A short biography of Efim Yarchuk, who played an important role in the rebellious town of Kronstadt.

Workers from the FAUD

From the bourgeois to the proletarian revolution - Otto Ruhle

Written in 1924, this pamphlet charts the development of the Russian and German revolutions, and…

Leading Workers' Opposition activist, Alexandra Kollontai

1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition

A short history of a group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled against the increasing party bureaucracy and for trade union control…

The Red Army enter Tblisi, February 1921

Counter-revolution and the Soviet Union - Gregori Maximov

Short essay by famous Russian anarchist, Gregori Maximov, on the defeat of the 1917 revolution by…

Petrograd Soviet, 1917

Medvedev, Sergei Pavlovich, 1885-1937

Story of the life of Bolshevik metal worker and member of the Workers' Opposition group, Sergei Medvedev, who, like many others who criticised…

Alexandra Kollontai, 1952

Kollontai, Alexandra, 1872-1952

Short biography of the Bolshevik feminist Alexandra Kollontai who played a crucial role in the Workers Opposition movement. The biography does…

Russian revolutionary women in 1905

Women fighters in the days of the great October Revolution - Alexandra Kollontai

In this article, written in 1927 (well after the Bolshevik consolidation of power), Alexandra…

International Women's Day - Alexandra Kollontai

First published in 1920, this essay traces the history of international women's day and its importance to working class struggle with particular…

Alexandra Kollontai at the International Women's Conference, 1921

The Workers' Opposition - Alexandra Kollontai

Kollontai's pamphlet was one of the central theoretical works of the Workers' Opposition movement within the Bolshevik Party, arguing for…

On the History of the Movement of Women Workers in Russia - Alexandra Kollontai

Written in 1919, Alexandra Kollontai's essay looks at the role of working class women in the history of Russian radicalism with particular focus on the 1905 revolution.