Russian revolution (Page 2)

Although McMeekin acknowledges that the real villains are the ruthless Bolsheviks, he reserves most of the criticism for hapless liberals. Leaving Kerensky’s motives during the events of July largely unexplained, he only touches on the common justification for Kerensky’s refusal to prosecute the Bolsheviks: deeply unpopular among liberals, he neededRead More →

Like a beautiful month of August brings a bag of plums, the centenary of the Russian Revolution has produced a bumper crop of books. A similar harvest accompanied the anniversary of the First World War; each looming deadline has seen an army of historians crunch through forests of notes. ButRead More →

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the defining events of the 20th century. Yet, when compared to some of the equally important developments of the century, such as the outbreaks of the First and Second World Wars, the birth of the nuclear age in 1945 and even theRead More →

SOFIA, Bulgaria – Our reading regimen these days is filled with anniversaries and scandals. This year, bookstores are flooded with an army of new books related to the centenary of the Russian Revolution. And on the scandal front, not a day seems to go by without another disturbing and incendiaryRead More →

ILike 1789, when the French Revolution broke out, 1917 has entered the lexicon of world historical dates that all educated citizens are expected to know and remember. The meaning of 1917, however, remains much disputed, not least because two very different revolutions took place in Russia that fateful year. TheRead More →

You say you want a revolution? It helps to have the passion for power. But first, prepare to have a meeting. Then another. And a few dozen others. Does anyone keep the minutes? Good. They might be relevant a century from now when a writer like China Miéville comes forward.Read More →

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Russian Revolution that “shook the world,” in the words of the title of a famous book, turns 100 this year. How was it to live it? Experiencing both the chaos and the possibility of 1917, as well as the crucial years before and after? “The RussianRead More →

Maria Botchkareva Wikimedia Commons “My hostess kept her eyes fixed on me. “How little you resemble a Cossack! You are so pale, so thin, so beautiful like a young woman. That’s what my wives think; they already told me you were a girl in disguise! ” – Nadezhda Durova, TheRead More →

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. It began in February 1917 and culminated eight months later in October when the Bolsheviks took power. A year of enormous significance in the nation’s history, it has so far received small note in 2017. It seems to be difficultRead More →

Just over 100 years ago, Russian Emperor Nicholas II abdicated his throne and his vast empire ceased to exist, sparking decades of world-shaking change. Yet this year not a single Russian TV channel celebrated the anniversary. The decision to ignore the centenary stemmed from a meeting in the Kremlin lastRead More →

The year 2017 marks the 100and anniversary of the russian revolutionone of the key events of the 20and century. The Russian Revolution “shook the world”, as the radical American journalist John Reed so aptly put it, because it led to the establishment of the Soviet Union, the world’s first socialistRead More →

On March 15, 1917, the day of his abdication, Tsar Nicholas II noted sadly and very briefly in his diary: “Around us there is betrayal, cowardice and deceit. “What is now happening in Russia,” wrote Leon Trotsky the next day, “will forever go down in history as one of itsRead More →

Women played a central role in the Russian Revolution, but their importance was largely erased from history after the Bolsheviks seized power. Historian Rochelle Ruthchild wants to change that. “Women took to the streets on International Women’s Day to protest. And that actually sparked the Russian Revolution which led toRead More →

The many people writing about the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution this year usually have to stop early in their work to explain why the February Revolution took place in March and the October Revolution in November. The reason is simple – Russia was on a different timeline atRead More →

What would have happened if the Mensheviks had come to power in Russia, instead of the Bolsheviks, 100 years ago? It is reasonable to ask. And there is a reasonable way to find an answer – a partial answer, perhaps, but truly an answer. The question is reasonable because inRead More →

The February Russian Revolution began on March 8, according to the New Style calendar, and ironically coincided with International Women’s Day. Russia Direct features eight revolutionary women who made history. Pictured: Inessa Armand, feminist and communist, figure of the revolutionary movement, Moscow, 1904. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The start of theRead More →

On a damp night in July 1917, American journalist Arno Dosch-Fleurot joined protesters marching along Petrograd’s Nevsky Prospekt when shots suddenly rang out. Banners pleading for freedom and liberty crashed to the ground as blood stained the Russian capital’s hottest thoroughfare. After diving to hide in a gutter, the NewRead More →

The first day of the Russian Revolution – March 8 (February 23 in the old Russian calendar) – was International Women’s Day, an important day on the socialist calendar. At noon that day in 1917, tens of thousands of women, mostly women, were gathering on Nevsky Prospekt, the main avenueRead More →

Story Highlights The Russian Revolution began on International Women’s Day in 1917 A liberal government ruled for 8 months before communism took hold Moscow CNN — A hundred years ago, on Wednesday, a food shortage in Russia sparked riots in the streets of the capital Petrograd and sparked the RussianRead More →

Jhe Russian revolution consisted of two revolutions in 1917 that ended the tsarist regime and eventually replaced it with a communist state. The first revolution was mainly centered in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) and overthrew Tsar Nicholas II. The second revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik party.Read More →

One hundred years ago, working women in St. Petersburg, Russia, began a strike on International Women’s Day that opened the struggle that quickly ended the 370-year reign of the Tsars and led in eight months to the first socialist state. A key factor was the change in consciousness of theRead More →

A a hundred years ago this month the Russian Revolution began, producing some of the most terrifying crimes on record. Given the focus now on Russia, one would expect this anniversary to be big news. Yet the centenary of the Revolution is largely ignored; and what has been said aboutRead More →

Poster for the 1925 film, ‘The Battleship Potemkin’, screened March 24, 2017 as part of the ‘Ten Films that Shook the World’ series. LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Workers Center is co-presenting a monthly film series from February 24 through November 2017 to commemorate and celebrate the centennial ofRead More →

Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1917 Alamy “The revolutionary must penetrate everywhere, into all strata, upper and middle, into the merchant’s shop, into the church, into the mansion, into the bureaucratic, military and literary worlds, into the third section [the Czar’s secret police], and even in the Winter Palace.Read More →

Even for the flamboyantly flamboyant Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the remarks sounded surprisingly provocative: “God save the Tsar!he said, raising his hands high in an ornate room in the Kremlin where President Vladimir Putin had just hung a Service to the Fatherland eagle and cross medal around his neck. “Reign for ourRead More →

The Romanov family between 1913 and 1914. Alexei is seated in front. Commons Library via Wikicommons “Now that the lush and prosperous years had come to Russia, the last thing she needed was war; they should have just said a Requiem mass for this Archduke Franz Ferdinand, after which theRead More →

In 1917, Russian writer Teffi left his native St. Petersburg, which was experiencing severe food and fuel shortages, for Moscow. There was bread in Moscow, but she felt like she was watching the city in agony as the newly installed Bolsheviks rounded up their enemies. They also shut down oppositionRead More →

Petrograd, TuesdayThe first duty of a British correspondent in these days of national upheaval is to assure our compatriots that “Russia is well” as a friend, ally and fighter. The fiery trials she endures will only harden her heart and arms. I have been day and night in the streetsRead More →