Through the Russian Revolution

By (author) Albert Rhys Williams Introduction by William Benton Whisenhunt Edited by William Benton Whisenhunt

Publication date:

16 September 2025

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781839996696

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Through the Russian Revolution by Albert Rhys-Williams, a Congregationalist pastor turned labor organiser and journalist, offers readers a first-hand account of the exciting and confusing events of the Russian revolution from June 1917 to August 1918. Williams, a lifelong defender of the Soviet system, documented his first adventure in Russia at its most chaotic moments. There he formed a lasting impression of what he thought the Soviet system could offer to the world and dedicated the rest of his life to this cause. His account, while sympathetic, reveals to a modern audience the inner working of the Bolshevik Party, life in Petrograd and the countryside, and an optimistic vision of the revolutionary future.

Photographs and posters; Acknowledgements; William Benton Whistenhunt Editor’s Introduction ; Throught the Russian Revolution; Introduction; Part I The makers of the revolution; CHAPTER I The Bolsheviks and the city ; CHAPTER II Petrograd Demonstrates ; CHAPTER III A Peasant Interlude ; CHAPTER IV The man on the horseback ; CHAPTER V Comrades of the Sea ; Part II The Revolution and the days After - Among the Whites and the Reds; CHAPTER VI “All Power to the Soviets”; CHAPTER VII November 7—A New Date in History ; CHAPTER VIII Looting the Winter Palace; Chapter 9 - Red Guards, White Guards and Blackguards; Chapter 10 - Mercy or Death to the Whites?; Chapter 11 - The War of the Classes; Chapter 12 - Building the New Order; Part III The Outreach of the Revolution - Across Siberia on the Express; Chapter 13 - The Steppes Rise Up