Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution 1917

Steven. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:11:33 +0000

Russian Revolution 1917 - further reading guide

Steven. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:11:51 +0000

The Russian Revolution and Civil War, 1917-21 (WARNING: No work takes a more ideological and manufactured quality than histories of the Russian Revolution.

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

Battlescarred — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:09:39 +0000

Lev Zadov was born on April 11th 1893 in the small Jewish farming settlement of Veselaya in southern Ukraine. Around 1898-1900 his family fell on hard times and moved to Yuzovka, in the Donetsk region, where his father worked as a coachman.

Belash, Viktor Fedorovich aka Bilash 1893-1938

Battlescarred — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:37:16 +0000

Viktor Belash was born in 1893 in the village of Novospasovka (Ukrainian form is Novospasivka) in southern Ukraine. Novospasovka was also the home of other anarchists who later participated in the Makhnovist movement like Vassili Kurilenko and Vdovichenko. He received an elementary education and worked as a railway engineer. He was already an anarchist communist in 1908 at the age of fifteen.

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

Ret Marut — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:09:03 +0000

Gorelik, Grigorii aka Anatolii, 1889-1956

Battlescarred — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:17:00 +0000

Grigorii Gorelik, usually known as Anatolii Gorelik was born into a Jewish family in 1889. He became an anarchist in 1904, at the age of fourteen. He was active in the Ukraine, and was arrested several times by the Tsarist police.

Yarchuk, Efim, 1882 or 1886-1937

Battlescarred — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:50:30 +0000

Yarchuk, Efim Zakharovich aka Khaim Zakharev - Also rendered as Yarchook, Yartchuk, Iarchuk etc.

“a man who enjoyed exceptional influence among the sailors and workers and whose idealism and devotion are matters of historic record” - My Disillusionment in Russia. Emma Goldman

From the Bourgeois to the Proletarian Revolution - Otto Ruhle

catch — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:56:44 +0000

This online version taken from http://www.marxists.org

From the Bourgeois to the Proletarian Revolution

1 The Bourgeois Revolutions

1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition

Ed — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:49:14 +0000

The Workers Opposition began to form in 1919, as a result of the policies of War Communism, which set a precedence for the domination of the Communist Party over local party branches and trade unions. During the civil war, the Workers Opposition began agitating against the lack of democracy in the Communist Party as a result of the centralising actions of the party’s bureaucracy.

Counter-revolution and the Soviet Union - Gregori Maximov

Ed — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:51:13 +0000

Taken from the Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library, No. 14 (March 1998), can also be found on the KSL website here.