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One hundred and four years ago, on this day, the Bolsheviks successfully overthrew the Provisional Government in what would later be termed the October Revolution. The Bolshevik seizure of power would have dramatic and far-reaching implications for the 20th century, and its aftereffects linger to this day. Heretofore, there hasn't been a specific thread on SV dedicated to discussing the history of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. In making this thread I hope to change this state of affairs, and provide a place for people fascinated by Russian revolutionary history to share their knowledge.
I originally intended for this opening post to have either a breakdown of myths about the October Revolution or a dissection of the (in)famous pamphlet The Bolsheviks and Workers Control, but I haven't found the time, and I felt it would be better to post this thread now and then make said posts later. I'll set up a poll to request I or someone else in the thread post about specific topics, since I still want to write those posts when I have more energy to do so.
I also want to single out @GiantMonkeyMan as one of the most knowledgeable person on this forum regarding the Russian Revolution, and someone who almost always posts high quality stuff.
Now, I'm going to just open the thread up to general discussion with a simple question: What is your favorite work on the Russian Revolution, and why?
I'll post my answer tomorrow, but I'm really interested to see what sort of responses I get!
One hundred and four years ago, on this day, the Bolsheviks successfully overthrew the Provisional Government in what would later be termed the October Revolution. The Bolshevik seizure of power would have dramatic and far-reaching implications for the 20th century, and its aftereffects linger to this day. Heretofore, there hasn't been a specific thread on SV dedicated to discussing the history of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. In making this thread I hope to change this state of affairs, and provide a place for people fascinated by Russian revolutionary history to share their knowledge.
I originally intended for this opening post to have either a breakdown of myths about the October Revolution or a dissection of the (in)famous pamphlet The Bolsheviks and Workers Control, but I haven't found the time, and I felt it would be better to post this thread now and then make said posts later. I'll set up a poll to request I or someone else in the thread post about specific topics, since I still want to write those posts when I have more energy to do so.
I also want to single out @GiantMonkeyMan as one of the most knowledgeable person on this forum regarding the Russian Revolution, and someone who almost always posts high quality stuff.
Now, I'm going to just open the thread up to general discussion with a simple question: What is your favorite work on the Russian Revolution, and why?
I'll post my answer tomorrow, but I'm really interested to see what sort of responses I get!
This is why, I made this post while responding to @ParadoxGamer1444 in the HOI4 thread:
And I got quite a bit of interest in just such a thread, and as such committed to making one.I'm not going to touch your references to the Russian Revolution(s) because I could and would derail the thread over it, and this isn't the place. If you want, I could make a Russian Revolution history thread in War and Peace for us to have this conversation in, and I'd be happy to do so, but not here.
Very well, I'll try and write a solid opening post and ping the relevant notables.