Russian Revolution
Bolsheviks Seize Power
Subject essay: Lewis Siegelbaum
The Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd in October 1917 was celebrated for over seventy years by the Soviet government as...
Decree on Peace
Vladimir Lenin
Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
Report on Peace October 26 (November 8)
The question of peace is a burning question,...
Decree on Land
The Decree on Land, written by Vladimir Lenin, was passed by the Second Congress of Soviets of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies on 26...
Arming the Revolution
Resolution adopted by the Fifth Congress of Soviets on the question of war and peace
presented by Comrade Trotsky
The Fifth All-Russia Congress of Soviets of...
The New Woman
Subject essay: James von Geldern
Immediately upon assuming power the Bolsheviks passed legislation that made Soviet Russia the most progressive nation in the world on...
The conquest of power
Ten Days that Shook the World
Chapter XI: The Conquest of Power
Declaration Of The Rights Of The Peoples Of Russia
…The first Congress of Soviets,...
The III International: Lenin’s great obsession
On the 100-year anniversary of the great Russian Revolution, it is necessary to study and draw all the lessons of its main achievement: the...
Top 10 books about the Russian Revolution
A century after the Bolsheviks seized power for communism, Tariq Ali chooses some of the best books about an uprising that changed the world...
Sovnarkom: Decree on the Hours of Labor
1. The working time or the number of working hours in a day is the time which, according to the agreement on employment (Articles...
Alexandra Kollontai: The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman
Prefatory Note
This is the first time that the complete autobiography which Alexandra Kollontai wrote in 1926 has been published. The sentences and paragraphs in...