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The Bolshevik Myth written by Alexander Berkman

1925. The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman describing his experiences in Bolshevist Russia from 1920 to 1922, where he saw the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Written in the form of a diary, The Bolshevik Myth describes how Berkman's initial enthusiasm for the revolution faded as he became disillusioned with the Bolsheviks and their suppression of all political dissent. — Excerpted from The Bolshevik Myth on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Preface

Chapters

• I. The Log of the Transport "Buford"
• II. On Soviet Soil
• III. In Petrograd
• IV. Moscow
• V. The Guest House
• VI. Tchicherin and Karakhan
• VII. The Market
• VIII. In the Moskkommune
• IX. The Club on the Tverskaya
• X. A Visit to Peter Kropotkin
• XI. Bolshevik Activities
• XII. Sights and Views
• XIII. Lenin
• XIV. On the Latvian Border
• XV. Back in Petrograd
• XVI. Rest Homes For Workers
• XVII. The First of May
• XVIII. The British Labor Mission
• XIX. The Spirit of Fanaticism
• XX. Other People
• XXI. En Route To The Ukraina
• XXII. First Days in Kharkov
• XXIII. In Soviet Institutions
• XXIV. Yossif the Emigrant
• XXV. Nestor Makhno
• XXVI. Prison and Concentration Camp
• XXVII. Further South
• XXVIII. Fastov the Pogromed
• XXIX. Kiev
• XXX. In Various Walks
• XXXI. The Tcheka
• XXXII. Odessa: Life and Vision
• XXXIII. Dark People
• XXXIV. A Bolshevik Trial
• XXXV. Returning to Petrograd
• XXXVI. In the Far North
• XXXVII. Early Days of 1921
• XXXVIII. Kronstadt
• XXXIX. Last Links in the Chain

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