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Bolsheviks in the Russian revolution - how the revolution degenerated - http://www.angelfire.com/nb/revhist17/
Articles by Avrich, Rosenberg, Koenker and other social historians on the Bolsheviks and the degeneration of the Russian revolution |
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The Russian Revolution - Rosa Luxemburg - http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1918/russian-revolution/
Contemporary essay on the revolution and its problems by German Marxist Rosa Luxemburg. |
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October 1917 : A lost opportunity for socialism? - http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/russia.html
Texts and photographs from an anarchist perspective on the Russian Revolution of October 1917. Examines why the revolution ended up with a state run dictatorship under Stalin and the role of Lenin and Trotsky in this process. |
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Russia in 1919 - http://www.marxists.org/history/archive/ransome/works/1919-russia/index.htm
Arthur Ransome describes the economic, social and political situation in Russia from February to March, 1919. |
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The Crisis in Russia (1920) - http://www.marxists.org/history/archive/ransome/works/crisis/index.htm
British reporter Arthur Ransome's detailed analysis and explanation of the new Soviet regime, written a year after his book "Russia in 1919". |
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North Russian Expeditionary Force 1919 - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1z05NorthRussia.htm
Accounts of the Allied force in North Russia fighting the Bolsheviks around the Dvina River 1919. Taken from the accounts of a Royal Navy Signalman, complete with many photographs |
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Yale Slavic & East European Collection: Leaders of the Russian Revolution - http://www.library.yale.edu/slavic/leaders.html
Short biographies of various leaders of the Russian Revolution including Lenin, Trotsky, Kalinin, Kirov, Martov, Axelrod, Zasulich, Ordzhonokidze and Zhdanov. |
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Soviet Documents on Foreign Policy - http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/government/foreign-relations/subject/
Documents from 1917-1920 covering Soviet policies towards Germany, Romania, China, peace, foreign internvention, economics and other topics. |
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The Russian Revolution - http://www.geocities.com/sheerin104/
Introduction to the principal players in the revolution. It also has a reading list, sections about relevant topics and links to useful websites. |
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Documents on US Foreign Policy in Russia - http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/government/foreign-relations/subject/
Documents on US Foreign Policy in Soviet Russia, 1918. |