Books matching: overthrow of tsarist regime
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Save:'Ten Days that Shook the World' by John Reed is a first-person account of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. Reed, an American journalist, provides a unique perspective on the events unfolding in Russia during that time. The book captures the tension and excitement of the revolution, detailing the overthrow of the Tsarist regime, the storming of the Winter Palace, and the rise of the Bolsheviks to power. Reed's writing style is described as energetic and immediate, almost reading like a novel, as he recounts conversations, political machinations, and personal motives with vivid prose.
TOWARD the end of September, 1917, an alien Professor of Sociology visiting Russia came to see me in Petrograd. He had been informed by business men and intellectuals that the Revolution was slowing d...
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