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  • Lenin's Moscow

    by Alfred Rosmer ...
    Translated by Ian Birchall ...
    This memoir by a Comintern leader in the early Soviet Union is "a vital primary source . . . clear and unpretentious" (Ian Birchall, from the new preface).When Alfred Rosmer arrived in Russia in 1919, it was considered by millions to be the center of world revolution. It was also a society beleaguered by civil war and encircled by hostile powers seeking to snuff out the promise and potential the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    During the first two months of 1917 Russia was still a Romanov monarchy. Eight months later the Bolsheviks stood at the helm. They were little known to anybody when the year began, and their leaders were still under indictment for state treason when they came to power. You will not find another such sharp turn in history especially if you remember that it involves a nation of 150 million people. ... Read more

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  • The Soviet Mind

    Russian Culture under Communism

    by Isaiah Berlin ...
    Isaiah Berlin's response to the Soviet Union was central to his identity, both personally and intellectually. Born a Russian subject in Riga in 1909, he spoke Russian as a child and witnessed both revolutions in St. Petersburg in 1917, emigrating to the West in 1921. He first returned to Russia in 1945, when he met the writers Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak. These formative encounters helped ... Read more

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  • Witness to the German Revolution

    by Victor Serge ...
    Dispatches from a workers' revolt by the Memoirs of a Revolutionary author, "one of the most compelling of twentieth-century ethical and literary heroes" (Susan Sontag, winner of the National Book Award).Following in the wake of the carnage reaped across Europe by World War I, German workers undertook a struggle that would prove decisive in determining the course of the entire twentieth century. ... Read more

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  • Who Lost Russia?

    From the Collapse of the USSR to Putin's War on Ukraine

    by Peter Conradi ...
    ‘A must read for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the world as a whole.’ Serhii Plokhy, author of The Last EmpireAn essential insight into Russia’s relations with Ukraine, the US and beyondWhy did Vladimir Putin launch his devastating attack on Ukraine in February 2022? And is Western policy towards Russia to blame for the bloodiest war on European soil since 1945? Peter Conradi, ... Read more

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  • Russia in the Shadows

    by H. G. Wells ...
    "Russia in the Shadows" is a 1921 book by H. G. Well. It is a collection of articles from "The Sunday Express" pertaining to Wells's 1914 visit to Russia. This fascinating volume provides an authentic and unparalleled insight into Russia at the beginning of the revolution, constituting a must-read for those with an interest in the subject. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 ... Read more

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  • The Fate of the Russian Revolution

    Lost Texts of Critical Marxism vol.1

    by Max Shachtman, Hal Draper, C L R James ...
    This book opens with a quotation from Albert Einstein, stating the case for socialism. Einstein, like almost every great mind of the 20th century who concerned himself or herself with the welfare of the working people, wanted common ownership and a democratic planned economy. But Einstein was stumped by the enigma of the USSR. He saw that there "the planned economy" was "accompanied by the ... Read more

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  • Vanguard of the Revolution

    The Global Idea of the Communist Party

    by A. James McAdams ...
    The first comprehensive political history of the communist partyVanguard of the Revolution is a sweeping history of one of the most significant political institutions of the modern world. The communist party was a revolutionary idea long before its supporters came to power. In this book, A. James McAdams argues that the rise and fall of communism can be understood only by taking into account the ... Read more

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  • The Lost Revolution

    Germany 1918 to 1923

    by Chris Harman ...
    Series series International Socialism
    "Compelling . . . [a] classic study of the revolutionary process" (Neil Davidson, author of How Revolutionary Were the Bourgeois Revolutions?).As the First World War was about to end in defeat, German sailors began to mutiny—giving voice to the widespread anger against the elites who had led the nation into war and the calamitous impact of that decision on everyday people. The events that followed ... Read more

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  • Molotov

    by Geoffrey Roberts ...
    The orthodox view of Vyacheslav Molotov is that he was no more than Stalins faithful servant, a dogmatic communist, and a conservative hard-liner of little or no imagination.Molotov was, indeed, Stalins right-hand man; from the 1920s to the early 1950s the two men presided over a brutal, authoritarian communist system that resulted in the deaths of millions of people. But there was far more to ... Read more

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  • The Soviet Theory of Development

    India and the Third World in Marxist-Leninist Scholarship

    by Stephen Clarkson ...
    Series series Heritage
    Until now the innumerable and widely distributed Soviet writings on the third world haven been scrutinized for the clues they contain on the Kremlin's aid, trade, and foreign policies, on Soviet strategies for local communist parties, and even on shifts in the Sino-Soviet Relationship. But they have rarely been analysed in their own terms and for what they are – the application of marxist-leninist ... Read more

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  • Why Control Immigration?

    Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia

    by Caress Schenk ...
    Migration management in Russia is a window into how public policy, the federal system, and patronage are used to manage conflicting demands. This multi-level balancing act demonstrates the importance of high-level politics, institutional interests and constraints, and the conditions under which government actors at all levels can pursue their own interests as the state seeks political equilibrium. ... Read more

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