The Bolshevik Myth


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(4.6 stars; 4 reviews)

The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman who with his partner Emma Goldman was deported from the USA under the 1918 Anarchist Exclusion Act and shipped to the young Soviet Russia. He describes his experiences in Bolshevik Russia from 1920 to 1922, where he saw the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Written in the form of a diary, The Bolshevik Myth describes how Berkman's initial enthusiasm for the revolution faded as he became disillusioned with the Bolsheviks and their suppression of all political dissent.

This book is interesting to compare with Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace. Last Message to the People of America written by Goldman and Berkman on the eve of their deportation.
(Summary by Wikipedia and Mark Chulsky) (10 hr 28 min)

Capítulos

Preface 5:03 Leído por SimonParent
The Log of the Transport “Buford” 28:51 Leído por elibishop
On Soviet Soil 9:13 Leído por Hindbridge
In Petrograd 23:12 Leído por Hindbridge
Moscow 8:21 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The Guest House 10:20 Leído por XavierVO27
Tchicherin and Karakhan 13:15 Leído por Jonathan Miller
The Market 14:57 Leído por Jonathan Miller
In the Moskkommune 6:19 Leído por KalenXI
The Club on the Tverskaya 10:29 Leído por KalenXI
A Visit to Peter Kropotkin 10:50 Leído por XavierVO27
Bolshevik Activities 13:25 Leído por XavierVO27
Sights and Views 13:56 Leído por XavierVO27
Lenin 9:08 Leído por Steven Jon Peterson
On the Latvian Border 47:44 Leído por lightcrystal
Back in Petrograd 19:23 Leído por elibishop
Rest Homes for Workers 7:59 Leído por Andy Glover
The First of May 7:45 Leído por Lynette Caulkins
The British Labor Mission 19:55 Leído por Richa Jain
The Spirit of Fanaticism 24:20 Leído por Jonathan Miller
Other People 14:57 Leído por Jonathan Miller
En Route to the Ukraina 12:25 Leído por Jonathan Miller
First Days in Kharkov 19:30 Leído por elibishop
In Soviet Institutions 13:07 Leído por elibishop
Yossif the Emigrant 14:07 Leído por elibishop
Nestor Makhno 12:11 Leído por elibishop
Prison and Concentration Camp 18:37 Leído por mleigh
Further South 5:39 Leído por Brize C
Fastov the Pogromed 22:43 Leído por Alex Kameleon
Kiev 10:49 Leído por wriggleo
In Various Walks 26:59 Leído por elibishop
The Tcheka 8:36 Leído por MrRoarke865
Odessa: Life and Vision 27:06 Leído por elibishop
Dark People 17:54 Leído por Lynette Caulkins
A Bolshevik Trial 11:25 Leído por mleigh
Returning to Petrograd 17:07 Leído por Kierkegaard
In the Far North 8:59 Leído por Marie Christian
Early Days of 1921 9:37 Leído por Kierkegaard
Kronstadt 23:26 Leído por Dan
Last Links in the Chain 28:39 Leído por elibishop

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(5 stars)

This is a powerful look at what went wrong during the Russian Revolution. Written by a disillusioned "hero" of the communist revolution.