Ten Days That Shook the World
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Ten Days That Shook the World

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Ten Days That Shook the World

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Ten Days That Shook the World is a book by American journalist John Reed, published in 1919. The book is a first-hand account of the October Revolution in Russia, which led to the rise of the Soviet Union. John Reed (1887-1920) was an American journalist, poet, and revolutionary activist who is best known for his coverage of the Russian Revolution and his book "Ten Days That Shook the World, " an eyewitness account of the Bolshevik takeover of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) in 1917. Reed was a member of the Communist Party of the United States and a committed Marxist, who believed in the revolutionary potential of the working class.

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Information

Publisher
Passerino
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9791222405780
Topic
History
Subtopic
Russian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Ten Days That Shook the World
  3. Table of contents
  4. Preface
  5. Notes And Explanations
  6. Chapter 1. Background
  7. Chapter 2. The Coming Storm
  8. Chapter 3. On The Eve
  9. Chapter 4. The Fall Of The Provisional Government
  10. Chapter 5. Plunging Ahead
  11. Chapter 6. The Committee For Salvation
  12. Chapter 7. The Revolutionary Front
  13. Chapter 8. Counter–Revolution
  14. Chapter 9. Victory
  15. Chapter 10. Moscow
  16. Chapter 11. The Conquest Of Power (See App. XI, Sect. 1)
  17. Chapter 12. The Peasants’ Congress
  18. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1
  19. 1
  20. 2. Wages And Cost Of Living Before And During The Revolution
  21. 3. The Socialist Ministers
  22. 4. September Municipal Elections In Moscow
  23. 5. Growing Arrogance Of The Reactionaries
  24. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 2
  25. 1
  26. 2. Democratic Conference
  27. 3. The Function Of The Soviets Is Ended
  28. 4. Trotzky’s Speech At The Council Of The Russian Republic
  29. 5. The “Nakaz” To Skobeliev Resumé
  30. 6. Peace At Russia’s Expense
  31. 7. Russian Soldiers In France
  32. 8. Terestchenko’s Speech (Resumé)
  33. 9. The British Fleet (etc.)
  34. 10. Appeals Against Insurrection
  35. 11. Lenin’s “Letter To The Comrades”
  36. 12. Miliukov’s Speech (Resumé)
  37. 13. Interview With Kerensky
  38. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 3
  39. 1. Resolution Of The Factory-Shop Committees
  40. 2. The Bourgeois Press On The Bolsheviki
  41. 3. Moderate Socialist Press On The Bolsheviki
  42. 4. “Yedinstvo”
  43. 5. Were The Bolsheviki Conspirators?
  44. 6. Appeal Against Insurrection From The Central Army Committee
  45. 7. Events Of The Night, November 6th
  46. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 4
  47. 1. Events Of November 7th
  48. 2. Kerensky In Flight
  49. 3. Looting Of The Winter Palace
  50. 4. Rape Of The Women’s Battalion
  51. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 5
  52. 1. Appeals And Proclamations
  53. 2. Protest Of The Municipal Duma
  54. 3. Land Decree — Peasants’ “Nakaz”
  55. 4. The Land And Deserters
  56. 5. The Council Of People’s Commissars
  57. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 6
  58. 1. Appeals And Denunciations
  59. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 7
  60. 1. Two Decrees
  61. 2. The Strike Fund
  62. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 8
  63. 1. Kerensky’s Advance
  64. 2. Proclamations Of The Military Revolutionary Committee
  65. 3. Acts Of The Council Of People’s Commissars
  66. 4. The Liquor Problem
  67. 5. Order No. 2
  68. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 9
  69. 1. Military Revolutionary Committee. Bulletin No. 2
  70. 2. Events Of The 13th In Petrograd
  71. 3. Truce. Krasnov’s Answer To The Committee For Salvation
  72. 4. Events At Tsarskoye Selo
  73. 5. Appeal Of The Soviet Government
  74. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 10
  75. 1. Damage To The Kremlin
  76. 2. Lunatcharsky’s Declaration
  77. 3. Questionnaire For The Bourgeoisie
  78. 4. Revolutionary Financial Measure
  79. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 11
  80. 1. Limitations Of This Chapter
  81. 2. Preamble — Declaration Of The Rights Of The Peoples Of Russia
  82. 3. Decrees
  83. 4
  84. 5. Ridicule Of The New Régime
  85. 6. On The Question Of An Agreement
  86. 7. Wine “Pogroms”
  87. 8. Speculators
  88. 9. Purishkevitch’s Letter To Kaledin
  89. 10. Decree On The Monopoly Of Advertisements
  90. 11. Obligatory Ordinance
  91. 12. Two Proclamations
  92. 13. “To All Workers Of Petrograd!
  93. 14. Appeals And Counter-Appeals
  94. 15. Elections To The Constituent Assembly In Petrograd
  95. 16. From The Council Of People’s Commissars To The Toiling Cossacks
  96. 17. From The Commission On Public Education Attached To The Central City Duma
  97. 18. Diplomatic Correspondence Of The Soviet Government
  98. 19. Appeals To The Front Against Dukhonin
  99. 20. From Krylenko
  100. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 12
  101. 1. Instruction To Peasants
  102. 2