The world of the Russian Revolution: imperialist rivalries and the First World War
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The roots of the First World War and Russian Revolution can be located in the imperialist tensions of world capitalism argues Dominic Alexander…
Revolution revisited: October 1917
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As the centennial of the Russian Revolution approaches, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica looks at the events of the October Revolution…
One of the Great Events in Human History - preface to Ten Days that Shook the World
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John Reed’s remarkable eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution is introduced by Judy Cox…
Cromwell, Robespierre, Stalin (and Lenin?): must revolution always mean catastrophe?
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Neither Cromwell, nor Robespierre, nor Lenin, could become an icon or avatar for the reactionary regimes they helped to overthrow, but Stalin was different argues Bill Bowring…
The masses enter history: Trotsky’s introduction to the Russian Revolution
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Organiser of the October 1917 Bolshevik insurrection, Leon Trotsky produced one of the greatest analyses of the Russian Revolution…
Alexandra Kollontai’s appeal
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Alexandra Kollontai was a leading member of the Russian socialist movement. In 1917 Kollontai published this appeal in the Bolshevik’s women’s paper Rabotnitsa…
1905: Prelude to Revolution
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 Revolution was created by a working class who had already tasted their own power and experienced bitter defeat. The 1905 Revolution was their great dress rehearsal for 1917…