JUST a few days after the Russian Bolshevist Revolution had triumphantly celebrated its tenth anniversary, the Russian Communist Party expelled Leon Trotzky from the ranks of its members. Even ...

Rembrandt Rules at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach Hedda for Dummies Audio By Carbonatix The newly arrested czar is ‘produced for inspection’ so that a revolutionary commissar can ascertain that ...

At the end of 1919, the Bolsheviks were consolidating power in Russia, and spreading their message abroad. By Clayton Black Dr. Black is an associate professor of history at Washington College. On Dec ...

Adam Morton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

In the aftermath of the October insurrection in Petrograd, Soviet power spreads through Russia. Meanwhile, matters come to a head with the “moderate” wing of the Bolshevik leadership, which adheres to ...

SocialistWorker.org is continuing its series 1917: The View from the Streets with excerpts from a firsthand account of the revolution by socialist journalist Albert Rhys Williams, written for the New ...

In September 1917 Russia’s political system, which took shape immediately after the February revolution, was in crisis. Against the backdrop of failing central government institutions and local bodies ...

Kerensky’s last desperate attempt to destroy the Bolshevik Party only results in the collapse of government authority. The Congress of Soviets opens with the Bolsheviks firmly in control of Petrograd.

It’s been 100 years since revolution swept through Russia and we have dedicated The Anthill 18 to this seminal moment in world history. We delve into its sensory history, find out about the people who ...

Step into a respectable American bookstore today, and you’re likely to find a reflection of America’s version of the twentieth century. German and Russian history currently dominate history sections, ...

One hundred years ago, on March 27, 1917 (March 14 according to the Julian calendar then in use in Russia), the Petrograd Soviet issued the following appeal, “To the Peoples of the World,” calling for ...