BY

ALBERT RHYS WILLIAMS

Author of

In the Claws of the German Eagle
Lenin, the Man and His Work
76 Questions and Answers

Illustrated with photographs and Russian posters in colors

BONI AND LIVERIGHT
Publishers New York

1921

TO

THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS OF RUSSIA
WHO FELL IN DEFENSE OF THE REVOLUTION

"Against riches, power and knowledge for the few you began a war, and with glory you died in order that riches, power and knowledge should become universal."

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

PART I
THE MAKERS OF THE REVOLUTION
WITH THE WORKERS, PEASANTS AND FIGHTERS

I.
 THE BOLSHEVIKS AND THE CITY

II.
 PETROGRAD DEMONSTRATES

III.
 A PEASANT INTERLUDE

IV.
 THE MAN ON HORSEBACK

V.
 COMRADES OF THE SEA

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PART II
THE REVOLUTION AND THE DAYS AFTER AMONG THE WHITES AND THE REDS

VI.
 "ALL POWER TO THE SOVIETS"

VII.
 NOVEMBER 7---A NEW DATE IN HISTORY

VIII.
 LOOTING THE WINTER PALACE

IX.
 RED GUARDS, WHITE GUARDS, AND BLACKGUARDS

X.
 MERCY OR DEATH TO THE WHITES?

XI.
 THE WAR OF THE CLASSES

XII.
 BUILDING THE NEW ORDER

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PART III
THE OUTREACH OF THE REVOLUTION
ACROSS SIBERIA ON THE EXPRESS

XIII.
 THE STEPPES RISE UP . . .

XIV.
 THE RED CONVICTS OF CHERM

XV.
 THE VLADIVOSTOK SOVIET

XVI.
 THE LOCAL SOVIET AT WORK

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PART IV.
THE TRIUMPH OF THE REVOLUTION
THE SOVIETS AGAINST THE CAPITALIST WORLD

XVII.
 THE ALLIES CRUSH THE SOVIET

XVIII.
 THE RED FUNERAL

XIX.
 EXIT

XX.
 RETROSPECT

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APPENDICES

I.
 THE DEATH OF A RED REGIMENT

II.
 THE DEATH TRAIN OF SIBERIA

III.
 THE BURIAL OF YANISHEV . . .

IV.
 A CIRCULAR FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS

V.
 YESTERDAY AND TODAY, BY GORKY

VI.
 DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE TOILING AND EXPLOITED PEOPLES

VII.
 POSTERS AND PLACARDS

PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTERS

Introduction