THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE U.S.S.R.
VOLUME TWO
THE GREAT PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION
(October-November 1917)
| M. Gorky |
| V. Molotov |
| K. Voroshilov |
| S. Kirov |
| A. Zhdanov |
| J. Stalin |
| G. F. Alexandrov | I. I. Mintz |
| P. N. Pospelov | E. B. Genkina |
| E. N. Gorodetsky | I. M. Razgon |
AND
| E. Yaroslavsky | I. P. Tovstukha |
First Published: 1942
Source: The History of the Civil War in the U.S.S.R., Volume 2, Foreign Languages Publishing House; Translated from the Russian edition of 1942 by J. Fineberg
Online version: Marxists Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2025
Transcription/Markup: Suliko
FROM NOW ON, A NEW ERA IN THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA BEGINS, AND THIS REVOLUTION, THE THIRD RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, SHOULD, IN THE END, LEAD TO THE VICTORY OF SOCIALISM
LENIN
October 25 (November 7), 1917
Contents
THE CRISIS HAS MATURED
1. Lenin’s Call for Insurrection
2. The Course is Set for Insurrection
3. The Bolshevik Party’s Directions
4. The Congress of Soviets of the Northern Region
THE ORGANISATION OF THE ASSAULT
1. Winning the Majority in the Country
2. The Petrograd Bolsheviks Prepare for the Assault
3. The Moscow Bolsheviks Prepare for Insurrection
4. The Volga Region
5. In the Don Region
6. In the Urals
7. In Siberia
8. The Difficulties of the Struggle to Transfer Power to the Soviets in the National and Border Regions
9. The Ukraine
10. In the North Caucasus
11. In Byelorussia
12. The Baltic Provinces
13. Transcaucasia
14. Central Asia
THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE ARMED INSURRECTION IN PETROGRAD
1. The Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party as the Organiser of the Insurrection
2. Treachery
3. The Eve of the Decisive Battle
THE INSURRECTION IN PETROGRAD
1. The Beginning of the Insurrection
2. At Counter-revolutionary Headquarters
3. At the Staff Headquarters of the Revolution
4. The Flight of Kerensky
5. October 25 (November 7)—The First Day of the Victorious Socialist Revolution
6. The Siege of the Winter Palace
7. Capture of the Winter Palace
8. The October Insurrection—A Classical Example of a Victorious Proletarian Insurrection
THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF SOVIETS
1. The Opening of the Congress
2. The Decrees of the Great Proletarian Revolution
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ANTI-SOVIET MUTINY
1. The Counter-Revolutionary Insurrection Against the Soviet Government
2. The Counter-Revolutionary March on Petrograd
3. The Cadets' Revolt Against the Soviets in Petrograd
4. Proletarian Petrograd in the Fight Against the Whiteguards
5. The Suppression of the Kerensky-Krasnov Mutiny
THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION IN MOSCOW
1. The Beginning of the Insurrection
2. Negotiations with the Whites
3. The Whites' Ultimatum
4. The Surrender of the Kremlin
5. The Revolutionary Troops Pass to the Offensive
6. Armistice
7. The Resumption of Hostilities
8. The Defeat of the Counter-Revolution
9. The Capitulation of the Whites
THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION AT THE FRONT
1. At General Headquarters
2. The October Days on the Northern Front
3. The October Days on the Western Front
4. The Course of the Revolution on the South-Western, Rumanian and Caucasian Fronts
5. The Dissolution of General Headquarters
ORGANISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
1. The Rout of the Defeatist Bloc
2. Combating Starvation and Sabotage
3. The Amalgamation of the Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies
4. The Counter-Revolutionary Sortie of the Constitutional Democrats
5. The Break-Up of the Bourgeois State Machine and the Building of the Soviet Administration
6. The Military Revolutionary Committee
Appendices
List of Newspapers Quoted in this Volume
Chronology of Important Events
