Truth behind bars : : reflections on the fate of the Russian Revolution / / Paul Kellogg.

Paul Kellogg uses the story of Vorkuta, a notorious camp in the Gulag internment system, as a frame with which to re-assess the Russian Revolution. In particular, he turns to the contributions of Iulii Martov, a contemporary of Lenin, and his analysis of the central role played in the revolution by...

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Place / Publishing House:Edmonton, Alberta : : Athabasca University Press,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (441 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface: On Forgetting to Read Solzhenitsyn
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Note on Translations and Transliterations
  • Introduction: Hope and Horror
  • Part 1. Vorkuta: Anvil of the Working Class
  • 1. One Long Night, 1936-38
  • 2. Striking Against the Gulag, 1947-53
  • 3. The Vengeance of History, 1989-91
  • Part 2. Self-Emancipation Versus Substitutionism
  • 4. The Peasant-in-Uniform
  • 5. The Agrarian Question
  • 6. Poland and Georgia-The Export of Revolution
  • 7. Germany and Hungary-The United Front
  • Part 3. The Rear-View Mirror
  • 8. Trotsky on Stalinism: The Surplus and the Machine
  • 9. A Movement's Dirty Linen
  • 10. Lenin-Beyond Reverence
  • 11. Intellectuals and the Working Class
  • Conclusion: Ends and Means
  • Notes
  • Preface: On Forgetting to Read Solzhenitsyn
  • Introduction: Hope and Horror
  • Chapter 1: One Long Night, 1936-38
  • Chapter 2: Striking Against the Gulag, 1947-53
  • Chapter 3: The Vengeance of History, 1989-91
  • Chapter 4: The Peasant-in-Uniform
  • Chapter 5: The Agrarian Question
  • Chapter 6: Poland and Georgia-The Export of Revolution
  • Chapter 7: Germany and Hungary-The United Front
  • Chapter 8: Trotsky on Stalinism-The Surplus and the Machine
  • Chapter 9: A Movement's Dirty Linen
  • Chapter 10: Lenin-Beyond Reverence
  • Chapter 11: Intellectuals and the Working Class
  • Conclusion: Ends and Means
  • Bibliography
  • Index.