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)

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