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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

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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.