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Russian Anarchists

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Published/Copyright: 2015

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Professor Avrich records the history of the anarchist movement from its Russian origins in the 19th century, with a full discussion of Bakunin and Kropotkin, to its upsurge in the 1905 and 1917 Social Democratic Revolutions, and its decline and fall after the Bolshevik Revolution. While analyzing the role of the anarchists in these fateful years, he traces the close relationships between the anarchists and the Bolsheviks and shows that the Revolutions were conceived in spontaneity and idealism and ended in cynical repression. The Russian anarchists saw clearly the consequences of a Marxist "dictatorship of the proletariat" and, though they had no single cohesive organization, repeatedly warned that the Bolsheviks aimed to replace the tyranny of the tsars with a tyranny of commissars.

Originally published in 1967.

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    Frontmatter

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    Acknowledgments

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    Contents

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    Introduction

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  • Part I: 1905
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    1. The Stormy Petrel

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    2. The Terrorists

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    3. The Syndicalists

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    4. Anarchism and Antiintellectualism

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  • Part II: 1917
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    5. The Second Storm

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    6. The October Insurrection

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    7. The Anarchists and the Bolshevik Regime

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    8. The Downfall of Russian Anarchism

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    Epilogue

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    Chronology

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    Annotated Bibliography

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    Index

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    Backmatter

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Keywords for this book
Bolsheviks; Anarcho-syndicalism; Syndicalism; Trade union; Soviet Union; Volin; Marxism; Nestor Makhno; Anarchism; Anarchist communism; Social revolution; Russian Revolution; Mensheviks; Nabat; Chernoe Znamia; Dictatorship; Terrorism; Mikhail Bakunin; Labour movement; Peter Kropotkin; Alexander Berkman; Emma Goldman; Comrade; Class conflict; Revolution of 1905; Kronstadt rebellion; Communism; Factory committee; Union of Russian Workers; Capitalism; Lumpenproletariat; The State and Revolution; New class; Profintern; Alexander Herzen; Golos Truda; Bourgeoisie; Lev Chernyi; Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine; Reflections on Violence; July Days; Karl Liebknecht; Victor Serge; Russian Civil War; Alexander Schapiro; The Raw Youth; Communist International; Proletarian revolution; The Bolshevik Myth; Dictatorship of the proletariat; Communards; Intelligentsia; Workers' Opposition; New Economic Policy; Rudolf Rocker; Social chauvinism; Manifesto of the Sixteen; Ten Days That Shook the World; Luddite; February Revolution; Counter-revolutionary; Irreconcilables; Banditry; Demagogue; Classless society; Kornilov affair; Errico Malatesta; February strike; Spartacus League; Socialist Revolutionary Party
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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