Links to the breadcrumb Opinion Column Publication date : March 11, 2022 • 12 hours ago • 7 minute read Content of the article I have already written that I am a man of conflicting faith. Yet, even though I lecture as a professor of political geography, I can onlyRead More →
A 99-year-old man, Corsock, whose parents fled the Russian revolution, condemned the invasion of Ukraine. Ivan Tolstoy blames Vladimir Putin for the war and hopes the brutal conflict can be stopped. The naturalized US citizen, who has lived in Corsock for 46 years, had close ties to the former SovietRead More →
Bottom left to right: Susember’s daughter, Norah, and Susember Rasho on their way to visit Susember’s sister, Rapka, in Donetsk, Ukraine. ( Shabnam Samuels) I was born and raised in the early 1960s in the sleepy delta town of Cuttack in Odisha (formerly Orissa) between a confluence of three rivers.Read More →
I was born and raised in the early 1960s in the sleepy delta town of Cuttack in Odisha (formerly Orissa) between a confluence of three rivers. Few people had heard of our city let alone the Mahanadi, Kuakhai or Kathojori rivers. I remember coming back from boarding school on theRead More →
The October Revolution was one of the key events of the greater russian revolutionand the Russian cruiser Dawn signaled his departure. Built in the late 1800s, Dawn remains in service with the Russian Navy, but for ceremonial purposes. Some considered the ship obsolete when it was introduced, but it managedRead More →
On January 22, 1905, the first Russian Revolution began when 500 peaceful protesters were massacred by Tsarist troops. Led by a Russian Orthodox priest, 150,000 people – completely unarmed – took to the wintry streets of St Petersburg to present their grievances to Tsar Nicholas II, demanding things like workingRead More →
It is strange to read about the towns created during the Russian Revolution and its immediate aftermath, while sharing a house with roommates in 21st century London. Certain realities coincide: the quarrels over the sharing of money, the pranks, the isolation that one can feel in such a group. ButRead More →
Sapphire and diamond jewelry that was smuggled out of Russia during the 1917 revolution were auctioned off for a whopping $ 879,000 (£ 654,765). The very luxurious lot was auctioned at Sotheby’s in Geneva today, and included a sapphire and diamond brooch and matching ear clips that had previously belongedRead More →
ST. PAUL – Once upon a time in the NHL, the Russian Revolution was all the rage. This was especially true in the ’90s. You had the Fab Five – Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Slava Kozlov and Slava Fetisov – who turned the Detroit Red Wings into aRead More →
Following Newcastle United’s sale to a Saudi-backed consortium, here’s a look at other clubs that have enjoyed a meteoric rise following wealthy owner takeovers: Archive image of Roman Abramovich. Reuters London: The sale of Newcastle United to a Saudi-backed consortium was finally completed on Thursday – a deal that couldRead More →
Contrary to the oft-told story of the Russian Revolution – that Lenin and the Bolsheviks swept the Czar from power in October 1917 and communism was born – Lucy Worsley reveals that a group of working women actually started the revolution in February. 1917. The Tsar, forced to abdicate longRead More →
From Westhill to Moscow: the writer’s mission to remember the Russian revolution Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. to cancel An icon depicting a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret A block arrow icon pointing right. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook A Facebook “f” brandRead More →
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a social uprising that unfolded in two phases, the first in February and the other in October. The day after the Revolution was the bloody Russian Civil War with an estimated death toll of between 5 and 12 million people. The working class andRead More →
World War I saw empires collapse, and among these was the Russian empire of Tsar Nicholas II. When Nicholas declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary in July 1914, he was the absolute ruler of a kingdom of nearly 150 million people stretching from central Europe to the Pacific and theRead More →
Seeing the attempted overthrow of our government on January 6, I was appalled at the parallels to the Russian Revolution of February 1917. I taught Russian and Soviet history in the Russian Studies and International Relations programs in Bucknell for 20 years and I was surprised to see the parallelsRead More →
On this day in history, March 8, 1917, the first phase of the Russian Revolution began in present-day St. Petersburg. The March Revolution (sometimes referred to as the February Revolution due to the country’s Julian calendar) saw many protests against the Tsarist regime due to the lack of food. ForRead More →
Contents When was the Russian Revolution? Russian Revolution of 1905 Nicholas II Rasputin and the Tsarina February Revolution bolshevik revolution Russian Civil War Impact of the Russian Revolution Sources PHOTO GALLERIES The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century. The violentRead More →
Russian workers and Communist Party supporters with red flags walk towards Lenin’s mausoleum during a demonstration marking the 102nd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Moscow’s Red Square. | Pavel Golovkin / AP Eugene V. Debs, early 20th century American socialist leader and frequent Socialist presidential candidate, wroteRead More →
At the time of the Russian Revolution, author and journalist Arthur Ransom Work in Moscow as a foreign correspondent for Manchester goalkeeper, where he developed ties with Lenin and Trotsky, even marrying Trotsky’s secretary. In 2009, a book accused him of to have been a double agent, spy for BritainRead More →
This article is part of our series of explanations of the key moments of the last 100 years of world political history. In it, our authors examine how and why an event unfolded, its impact then, and its relevance to politics today. To most people the term “Russian Revolution” conjuresRead More →
CENTENARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:00 AM Last update on: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 1:06 PM Bolshevik (1920), by Boris Koustodiev “> Bolshevik (1920), by Boris Koustodiev On November 2, 1977, as the sixtieth anniversary of the Russian Revolution approached, French historian Georges Haupt delivered aRead More →
This year marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution. This event has often been reduced to the urban upheaval that gripped Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) throughout 1917 and culminated with the Bolsheviks seizing power in October. The Soviet Union traced its legitimacy back to this event, and many other aspiring revolutionariesRead More →
Drafts of the letter of abdication from the last Russian tsar, painted portraits of Russian rulers of the 18th and 19th centuries, photographs of massive street protests in Petrograd and Moscow in 1917, and early-era propaganda posters Soviet – these are just a few of the artifacts on display atRead More →
The hundredth anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia, November 7, is remembered as the starting point in the life of the defunct Soviet state, the origin of receding forms of communism around the world. In the country where the Revolution took place, in Russia, it is minimized, because memoriesRead More →
Rallies draped in red flags in Moscow marked the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution on Tuesday. But despite the protests, past crimes and faded memories have left some Russians ambivalent about the centenary. November 7 is the centenary of the second of two 1917 revolutions, called the Bolshevik Movement,Read More →
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin stayed away from events marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution on Tuesday, a world-changing event but one that has awkward associations for the former KGB agent who was trained to contain dissent, not to celebrate it. In Soviet times, missile launchers rumbled across RedRead More →
The Russian Revolution began on November 7, 1917, when the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and seized power. They declared the foundation of the socialist Soviet republic, led by Vladimir Lenin. News of their victory spread like wildfire, inspiring liberation movements elsewhere, particularly in Africa. National resistance to British colonialRead More →
November 7, the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, was once the most important holiday on the Soviet calendar – bigger than May 1 and even May 9, Victory Day. The anniversary brought parades, choirs and fireworks. Yet now, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary, there is noRead More →
MOSCOW — Russian communists and left-wing activists from around the world marched through central Moscow on Tuesday to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution, in the pale shadow of major Soviet protests in Red Square. The mood at this year’s celebration was more subdued than at previous ceremonies, despiteRead More →
Wives of soldiers demand increased rations during a demonstration along Nevsky Prospekt after the observance of International Women’s Day, February 23, 1917. (Photo by K. Bulla. Courtesy of Central Archives of the State of Kino-Photo-Phono documents, St. Petersburg.) The centenary of the Russian revolution November 7, 2017 marks the 100thRead More →
If any of these events had thwarted Lenin, our times would be radically different. Without Lenin, there would have been no Hitler. Hitler owes much of his rise to the support of conservative elites who fear a Bolshevik revolution on German soil and who believe only he can defeat Marxism.Read More →
The Bolsheviks had a battery of powerful leaders, but the most notable were Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – Lenin as he is better known – Joseph Stalin, and for a time Leon Trotsky. Three key Russian revolutionary leaders were Vladimir Lenin (right), Leon Trotsky (center) and Joseph Stalin (left), in thisRead More →
“The main operations began at 2 a.m.,” wrote Leon Trotsky in his History of the Russian Revolution. “Bolshevik groups occupied the railway stations, the lighting station, the military and food warehouses, the water systems, the Palace bridge, the telephone exchange, the state bank, the main printing works, the telegraph andRead More →
MOSCOW — Police arrested more than 200 people in a Sunday raid that local media linked to an obscure right-wing movement that had called for a repeat of the Russian Revolution, timed as its 100th anniversary approached. The movement, called Artpodgotovka, or Art Preparation, had agitated in online posts forRead More →
MOSCOW — Tuesday marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution, one of the most important political events of the 20th century. Yet President Vladimir Putin’s government barely acknowledges this – apparently because anything to do with “revolution” hits too close to home. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin hadRead More →
A century after the Russian Revolution, the influence of its leader Vladimir Lenin has faded but his image remains on monuments built across the former Soviet Union as part of a personality cult. Lenin was born in 1870 and became one of the most important leaders of the 20th centuryRead More →
Should the Russian Revolution be remembered as one of the great turning points in history or should it be “relegated to the dustbin of history” since the new nation it created, the Soviet Union , no longer exists ? This month is the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution (whichRead More →
‘Freedom in capitalist society still remains much the same as in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for slave owners. – Vladimir Lenin One hundred years ago, the 24 October 1917 (November in today’s calendar), the disgruntled peasants, working class and soldiers of Russia overthrew the centuries-old system of Tsarist rule.Read More →
One hundred years ago, on November 7 (October 25 according to the Russian calendar), 1917, Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian government and established a communist dictatorship. The world has never been the same since. Of all the legacies left in the wake of the revolution, the worst is aRead More →
JThings were bad for Lenin 100 years ago. We are eight days away from the centenary of the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks, but just as he was about to strike, Lenin fell victim to one of the great scoops of the 20th century. After a tough committee meetingRead More →
Exactly one hundred years ago today, on the evening of October 25, 1917, the Winter Palace in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) was stormed. This event marked the start of the Great October Revolution, one of the most important political events of the 20th century that shaped the course of historyRead More →
It has been 100 years since revolution swept through Russia and we have dedicated The Anthill 18 to this defining moment in world history. We dive into its sensory story, learn about the people who tried to spread it across Europe, and we also talk to the grandson of oneRead More →
“A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth.” Vladimir Lenin’s words still resonate 100 years after the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917. Belief in communism (socialism) was the lie first perpetrated by Karl Marx in the 19th century, culminating in the Bolshevik Revolution, from St Petersburg, Russia. KarlRead More →
Share this Item You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International License. One hundred years ago, the Russian Revolution overthrew the Russian Empire, ending nearly two centuries of monarchical rule. You may remember from history class that the upheaval came in two parts: the February RevolutionRead More →
Lenin is exceptionally present. His larger-than-life iron statue dominates the lobby of the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum), catching the eye of photo-taking Chinese tourists. They seem to be more pleased with the revolutionary figure than their compatriot and Russian President Vladimir Putin often is. But again, the wholeRead More →
August 14, 2017 August 14, 2017 A century ago this year, Russia was undergoing its Marxist revolution, an attempt to create a fairer nation that instead led to one of the most brutal tyrannies of all time. So what happened? This is a debate that is once again becoming importantRead More →