MIA: History: Soviet History: 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

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The JACOBIN Russian Revolution 1917 Commemoration Project

This is a short introduction to the Project and the associated translation project.



Before February

The February Revolution erupted 100 years ago and swept away a blood-soaked monarchy.



The Story of the February Revolution

Russian workers went on strike on International Women’s Day 1917. They ended up toppling tsarism.



From the Finland Station

Lenin arrived at Finland Station 100 years ago today, reshaping Bolshevik strategy and the course of the Russian Revolution.



Gramsci and the Russian Revolution

What did a young Antonio Gramsci think about the Russian Revolution?



From February to October

In the standard account, February was the good revolution and October was the extremist one. But events in Russia were far more complex than that.



Finland’s Revolution

The forgotten Finnish Revolution has perhaps more lessons for us today than events in 1917 Russia.



The Women of 1917

Women weren’t just the Russian Revolution’s spark, but the motor that drove it forward.



The Bolsheviks and Antisemitism

Antisemitism was found across the political divide in Russia’s year of revolution.



Violence and Revolution in 1917

The revolutionary violence of 1917 paled in comparison to that on the fronts of the Great War.



The July Days

The Bolsheviks wanted to avoid the Paris Commune’s fate. That’s why they didn’t take power in July 1917.



The 1917 Peasant Revolutions

In Russia 1917, ordinary rural people took direct action to remake their world.



After the February Consensus

The October Revolution was propelled by mass dissatisfaction with the erosion of February’s gains.



The Kornilov Coup

One hundred years ago, why did the alliance between General Lavr Kornilov and Alexander Kerensky fall apart?



The Baku Commune

The story of the Baku Commune’s leaders, who pursued power democratically and nonviolently, belies many of the myths of the Russian Revolution



From Compromise to Power

Over the course of 1917, the Petrograd Soviet transformed from a body willing to negotiate with capital to one ready for revolution.



How the Bolsheviks Won

The Bolsheviks’ rise to power, one hundred years ago today, revisited.



The Day That Shook the World

The story of November 7, 1917 — the day the Bolsheviks changed world history.



Last updated on 20 May 2019