Author: Oliver Martin Sayler
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333815783
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Excerpt from Russia, White or Red WO motives led me to Russia in the fall of 1917: T the desire to study at first hand the most im portant theatre of our time before the pressure of revolution should bear too harshly upon it; and the impulse to be in the most uncertain and interest ing and eventful place in the world, The results of the former motive I shall record at length in another volume, The Russian Theatre under the Revolu tion. The outcome of the latter impulse I have presented in the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Oliver M Sayler
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019863817
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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First published in 1919, this book provides a firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Sayler, an American journalist and traveler, offers a critical perspective on the conflict between the White and Red armies, as well as on the conditions of life for ordinary Russians during this tumultuous period. With vivid descriptions and colorful anecdotes, Sayler brings to life a moment in history that continues to captivate scholars and readers alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Sheila Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Black Inc.
ISBN: 1743821786
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Over 20,000 ethnic Russians migrated to Australia after World War II – yet we know very little about their experiences. Some came via China, others from refugee camps in Europe. Many preferred to keep a low profile in Australia, and some attempted to ‘pass’ as Polish, West Ukrainian or Yugoslavian. They had good reason to do so: to the Soviet Union, Australia’s resettling of Russians amounted to the theft of its citizens, and undercover agents were deployed to persuade them to repatriate. Australia regarded the newcomers with wary suspicion, even as it sought to build its population by opening its door to more immigrants. Making extensive use of newly discovered Russian-language archives and drawing on a lifetime’s study of Soviet history and politics, award-winning author Sheila Fitzpatrick examines the early years of a diverse and disunited Russian-Australian community and how Australian and Soviet intelligence agencies attempted to track and influence them. While anti-Communist ‘White’ Russians dreamed a war of liberation would overthrow the Soviet regime, a dissident minority admired its achievements and thought of returning home.
Author: Richard Luckett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351805320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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This account of the Russian Civil War, originally published in 1971, combines a vivid narrative of the military events with a biographical discussion of the White Generals, figures of the former Imperial Russian Army offices who led the separate campaigns against the Red Soviets - men such as Kornilov, Alekseev, Kolchak, Denikin, Wrangel, Yudenich and the Finnish Yudeniol Marshal Mannerheim. Despite their shared designation, the White Generals had no common programme. Their tragedy was that Lenin's dogmatism, intransigence and ruthlessness, all essential qualities in a country which had never known anything other than autocracy, were alien to their characters.
Author: Julia L. Mickenberg
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022625612X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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If you were an independent, adventurous, liberated American woman in the 1920s or 1930s where might you have sought escape from the constraints and compromises of bourgeois living? Paris and the Left Bank quickly come to mind. But would you have ever thought of Russia and the wilds of Siberia? This choice was not as unusual as it seems now. As Julia L. Mickenberg uncovers in American Girls in Red Russia, there is a forgotten counterpoint to the story of the Lost Generation: beginning in the late nineteenth century, Russian revolutionary ideology attracted many women, including suffragists, reformers, educators, journalists, and artists, as well as curious travelers. Some were famous, like Isadora Duncan or Lillian Hellman; some were committed radicals, though more were just intrigued by the “Soviet experiment.” But all came to Russia in search of social arrangements that would be more equitable, just, and satisfying. And most in the end were disillusioned, some by the mundane realities, others by horrifying truths. Mickenberg reveals the complex motives that drew American women to Russia as they sought models for a revolutionary new era in which women would be not merely independent of men, but also equal builders of a new society. Soviet women, after all, earned the right to vote in 1917, and they also had abortion rights, property rights, the right to divorce, maternity benefits, and state-supported childcare. Even women from Soviet national minorities—many recently unveiled—became public figures, as African American and Jewish women noted. Yet as Mickenberg’s collective biography shows, Russia turned out to be as much a grim commune as a utopia of freedom, replete with economic, social, and sexual inequities. American Girls in Red Russia recounts the experiences of women who saved starving children from the Russian famine, worked on rural communes in Siberia, wrote for Moscow or New York newspapers, or performed on Soviet stages. Mickenberg finally tells these forgotten stories, full of hope and grave disappointments.
Author: Oliver Martin Sayler
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230413662
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX Alexander I, Tsar, 252, 273. Alexander II, Tsar, 120, 245, 284. Alexander Bridge, 178. All Russian Congress of Soviets, 15, 59, 151, 176, 265-267. Allies, 3, 10,15, 51, 58, 67,143,160-162, 205, 215, 219, 222, 229-230, 232-235, 240, 242, 263-264, 267, 275, 289, 291. Americans in Russia, 7, 12-14, 19-20, 38, 44, 46, 75, 106, 164-165, 180, 194-195, 214-215, 243-244, 252. Amur Province, 66, 204, 209-210, 212-213, 228. Amur Railroad, 209-211, 213-214. Amur River, 210. Anarchists, 170, 183-192, 260, 278-279. Anderson, Harvey, 21-24. Andizhan, 176. Andreieff, Leonid, 93, 95-96. Angara River, 206. "Angel of Peace Who Came Too Late, The," 89. Antonoff (Ovseienko, V. A.), 22. Arapovo, 177. Archangel, 222, 232, 291. Army, Russian, 51-52, 58, 76-78, 157, 219, 221, 262-264, 270-271, 282, 291. ArroU, James O., 6, 20-21, 29. Art exhibitions, 84, 86-89, 136. Artists, 84-89. Artsuibasheff, Mihail Petrovitch, 93, 95-96. Associated Press, 158, 256, 259. Atherton, 220-221. Austria-Hungary, 217-219, 247, 272. Austrian prisoners, 209, 218, 228-229, 232, 247-248. Baikal, Lake, 12-13,204,206, 210. Balkans, 273. Balmont, Constantin D., 96, 172. Banks, 70-72, 74-75. Batum, 151. Belgium, 217, 249. Bells, 36. Berkman, Alexander, 187. Berlin, Irving, 245. Bismarck, Prince Otto von, 274. Bjorke, Treaty of, 274. Black Guards, 189. Blagovyeshchensk, 66, 212-213. Blok, Alexander, 96. Bloody Sunday, 105, 108, 166. Bohemia, 218, 220. Bologoye, 138. Bolshevik Revolution, k, 15, 18-37, 55-60, 102, 106, 118, 243-244, 258. Bolsheviki, 55-60, 63-64, 66, 94, 105, 107-108, 112, 170, 173, 190-192, 222, 235, 260, 264-267, 269, 271, 277-279, 281, 285-286, 288, 297. Bolshevism, 70, 270, 281-282, 285, 302. Boris Godunoff, Tsar, 128. "Boris Godunoff," 146. Copenhagen, 290....
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