THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE U.S.S.R.
VOLUME 1
THE PRELUDE OF THE GREAT PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION
(From the beginning of the War to the beginning of October 1917)
EDITED BY
M. Gorky, V. Molotov
K. Voroshilov, S. Kirov
A. Zhdanov, J. Stalin
First Published: 1936
Source: The History of the Civil War in the U.S.S.R., Volume 1, New York : International Publishers, 1937 (English translation of Russian edition of 1936)
Online version: Marxists Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2025
Transcription/Markup: Suliko
Contents
I. THE EVE OF THE BOURGEOIS-DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
1. War
2. Disintegration
3. Disintegration of the Army
4. Tsarist Russia — a Prison of Nations
5. Two Conspiracies
II. THE FEBRUARY BOURGEOIS-DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
1. Revolt in the Capital
2. Success of the February Revolution
3. Dual Power
4. The Provisional Government Strives for the Undivided Power of the Bourgeoisie
III. LENIN RETURNS TO RUSSIA
1. Seeking a Way into Revolutionary Russia
2. Lenin in Petrograd
IV. THE APRIL CONFERENCE OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY (BOLSHEVIKS)
V. THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY WORKS TO WIN THE MASSES
1. The April Demonstration
2. The Coalition Government in Action
3. The National Policy of the Provisional Government
4. The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets
5. The June Demonstration
6. The Russian Military Offensive
7. Spread of Revolution in the Army
VI. THE RED GUARD
1. The Proletarian Militia
2. The Red Guard in the Capital
VII. THE JULY DAYS
1. Workers' Actions in the Capital
2. The July Demonstration in the Capital
3. The July Demonstration Smashed
4. The Proletariat Loses Faith in the Compromisers
VIII. THE SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY
IX. THE KORNILOV REVOLT
1. Preparations for a Military Dictatorship
2. The Bourgeoisie Starts Civil War
3. The Revolt of the Generals Crushed
X. ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
1. Capitalist Sabotage
2. Financial Collapse
3. Transport Disorganisation
4. Spread of the Agrarian Movement
5. Approaching Famine
XI. THE ECONOMIC PLATFORM OF THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY ON THE EVE OF THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION
1. Bolshevik Slogans
2. Nationalisation of the Land
3. Workers' Control Over Production
4. Nationalisation of the Banks and Industrial Trusts
XII. THE REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS GROWS
1. A New Wave of Economic and Revolutionary Strikes
2. Peasant Revolts and the Spread of the National Emancipation Movement
XIII. THE ARMY AND NAVY ON THE EVE OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
1. The Situation at the Front
2. The Navy on the Eve of the October Revolution
3. Bolshevisation of the Army
XIV. THE MANŒUVRES OF THE COMPROMISERS AND THE PLANS OF THE BOURGEOISIE IN FACE OF THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION
1. The Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks—The Last Buttress of the Bourgeoisie
2. Bourgeois Efforts to Stem the Revolution
XV. DISPOSITION OF THE COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY FORCES ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION
1. Bourgeois Shock Detachments
2. The Officers' Corps
3. Bourgeois National Regiments
4. The Cossacks
5. The Counter-Revolutionaries Incite the Front Against the Rear
6. The Counter-Revolutionary Offensive
CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT RUSSIAN EVENTS 1917