The Unknown Revolution
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| Author | Voline |
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| Subject | Russian history |
Publication date | 1947 |
The Unknown Revolution is a 1947 history of the Russian Revolution by Voline.
Publication
[edit]Voline finished the book in 1940 while in Marseilles.[1] After his death in 1945,[2] it was first published posthumously in 1947. Following 1968 events in France, the book was republished in French paperback without additional editorial content by Pierre Belfond as part of a series by Daniel Guérin and Jean-Jacques Lebel.[3]
The book was translated into English in two parts by the Libertarian Book Club.[2][4] The first volume, Nineteen-Seventeen: The Russian Revolution Betrayed, in 1954,[2] and the second volume, The Unknown Revolution: Kronstadt 1921, Ukraine 1918–21, in 1956.[4]
Reception and legacy
[edit]Historian of anarchism Paul Avrich wrote that Voline's book was "the most important anarchist history of the Russian Revolution in any language".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Avrich 1988, p. 132.
- ^ a b c Roberts, Henry L. (1955). "Recent Books on International Relations". Foreign Affairs. 34 (1): 163. doi:10.2307/20031149. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 20031149.
- ^ "Two classic texts of the history of the Russian Revolution...". The Times Literary Supplement. No. 3569. July 23, 1970. p. 816. ISSN 0307-661X. Gale EX1200533683.
- ^ a b Roberts, Henry L. (January 1957). "Recent Books on International Relations". Foreign Affairs. Vol. 35, no. 2. p. 363. doi:10.2307/20031231. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 20031231. EBSCOhost 14737860.
Bibliography
[edit]- Avrich, Paul (1988). "V. M. Eikhenbaum (Volin): The Man and His Book". Anarchist Portraits. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 125–134. ISBN 0-691-04753-7. OCLC 17727270.
Further reading
[edit]- Carr, E. H. (April 27, 1956). "Anarchist Risings". The Times Literary Supplement. No. 2826. p. 248. ISSN 0307-661X. Gale EX1200103889.
- Miller, Martin A. (1976). "Anarchism vs. Marxism in the Russian Revolution. A Review of Recent Literature". International Labor and Working-Class History. 9 (9): 28–37. doi:10.1017/S0147547900016082. ISSN 0147-5479. JSTOR 27671203. S2CID 143620019.
- "The Unknown Revolution 1917–1921". CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. July 1975. p. 736. ISSN 0009-4978. Gale A31688997.
- Thompson, John M. (1972). "La Révolution Inconnue, 1917-1921: Documentation Inédite Sur La Révolution Russe. by Voline". Slavic Review. 31 (1): 165–166. doi:10.2307/2494166. ISSN 0037-6779. JSTOR 2494166. S2CID 165040777.
External links
[edit]- Full text (in French) from Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Fredy Perlman's English translation of The Unknown Revolution via Libcom.org
- Iain McKay's Introduction to PM Press's 2019 edition of The Unknown Revolution.
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