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Russian Revolution

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...

The Battle for History | by Seumas Milne

Published in theguardian.com 12 September 2002 It would be easy to dismiss the controversy over the latest Martin Amis offering as little more than a...