Archive of History of the Russian Revolution
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The Russian Revolution at 100
In commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Haymarket Books has compiled a list of essential books for those interested in learning the lessons of the first successful workers' revolution.
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May 27: China Miéville on the Russian Revolution
Haymarket Books is proud to be partnering with our friends at Verso Books to bring acclaimed weird-fiction author China Miéville to Chicago on May 27th to discuss his latest book, October: The Story of the Russian Revolution.
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The Death Agony of the Monarchy: Russia on the Eve of Revolution
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated a hundred years ago today, bringing to an end three centuries of Romanov rule. In this extract from his History of the Russian Revolution, Trotsky describes the final days of Imperial Russia. Incompetent, vain, and almost comically ignorant of the historic events unfolding around it, the Tsarist regime fell, in Trotsky's words, "like rotten fruit."
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How Women Workers in Russia Sparked a Revolution
One of the greatest lessons the Russian state learned on March 8, 1917 was never to underestimate the women of Petrograd. On that fateful morning, International Women’s Day, women workers threw down their tools and walked out of the factories and into the streets.