The True History of the Revolution, or The Steel Orator Sleeping in the Holster. What Happened in Russia in 1917
16 hrs. 15 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Leonid Mlechin
Author
Leonid Mlechin
Narrator
Viktor Rudnichenko
Narrator
Viktor Rudnichenko
Description
For a century, we have been trying to understand why the Great Russian Revolution happened. Betrayal? A plot? The influence of dark forces? Other people’s money? Was Lenin a German spy, and was Trotsky an American one? And why didn’t Emperor Nicholas II immediately crush the uprising—didn’t shoot the rebels who took to the streets of Petrograd? Strangely enough, it is still the case that the underlying causes, the mechanisms, and the entire course of the revolution remain unclear—and not understood.
In his new book, L. Mlechin describes how the events of 1917 unfolded—events that changed Russia’s fate, from the murder of Grigory Rasputin to the dispersal of the Constituent Assembly. He draws portraits of key figures of the Russian Revolution, presenting them in a new light. And he answers the main question: why, after trying every political arrangement option from February to October, did Russia choose a form of rule far more brutal than the tsarist regime? And why did it reject everything that the country achieved at the beginning of the 20th century?
In his new book, L. Mlechin describes how the events of 1917 unfolded—events that changed Russia’s fate, from the murder of Grigory Rasputin to the dispersal of the Constituent Assembly. He draws portraits of key figures of the Russian Revolution, presenting them in a new light. And he answers the main question: why, after trying every political arrangement option from February to October, did Russia choose a form of rule far more brutal than the tsarist regime? And why did it reject everything that the country achieved at the beginning of the 20th century?
Contents:
From the author
1916
December. The murder of Rasputin
1917
January. The situation in Petrograd is unstable
A surprise for Lenin
The overthrow of the emperor
Tears unseen by the world
All around—spies
February. A military coup
Foolishness or betrayal?
The fatal route
All the emperor’s men
The Black Hundreds scattered
A general’s revolt
March. How the Provisional Government was born
Deputies become ministers
Until the grave
The fall of the Romanov dynasty
No tsar, no God?
Liberals in power
May. An unprecedented freedom-for-all
Every day I will be drunk!
The village vs. the city
Anarchy is the mother of order
A prelude to the Civil War
June. People in gray greatcoats
Women’s day
There is such a party!
Allies ask for fire
How could the army fall apart?
July. The hunt for Bolsheviks
The Ukrainian question
All around—agents
Were there really German funds?
A novel against the backdrop of an armed uprising
Freemasons in 1917
August. The most dangerous thing is to show weakness?
It’s about death!
Cracking seeds and playing the accordion
On the white horse
Boris Savinkov’s dead soul
September. Chaos. Anarchy. Despair
Who is Lev Trotsky?
Russian Jews in 1917
Through puddles of red blood
Beat everyone подряд!
October. The Bolsheviks seize power
A man with a rifle
Zinoviev and Kamenev: betrayal or foresight
The Winter taken!
The first victims
The first Soviet government
Point-blank on the Kremlin
November. New people rule the country
To the headquarters of Dukhonin
A separate peace
Don’t let anyone in. Don’t let anyone out
War communism
The first woman minister
Liberal people’s commissar
December. The state does not die out
Matriarchy, patriarchy, and secretariat
Does a gendarme hide in every revolutionary?
Leather men
Why did General Kaledin shoot himself?
Finns gain independence
1918
January. The dispersal of the Constituent Assembly
Instead of an epilogue
1916
December. The murder of Rasputin
1917
January. The situation in Petrograd is unstable
A surprise for Lenin
The overthrow of the emperor
Tears unseen by the world
All around—spies
February. A military coup
Foolishness or betrayal?
The fatal route
All the emperor’s men
The Black Hundreds scattered
A general’s revolt
March. How the Provisional Government was born
Deputies become ministers
Until the grave
The fall of the Romanov dynasty
No tsar, no God?
Liberals in power
May. An unprecedented freedom-for-all
Every day I will be drunk!
The village vs. the city
Anarchy is the mother of order
A prelude to the Civil War
June. People in gray greatcoats
Women’s day
There is such a party!
Allies ask for fire
How could the army fall apart?
July. The hunt for Bolsheviks
The Ukrainian question
All around—agents
Were there really German funds?
A novel against the backdrop of an armed uprising
Freemasons in 1917
August. The most dangerous thing is to show weakness?
It’s about death!
Cracking seeds and playing the accordion
On the white horse
Boris Savinkov’s dead soul
September. Chaos. Anarchy. Despair
Who is Lev Trotsky?
Russian Jews in 1917
Through puddles of red blood
Beat everyone подряд!
October. The Bolsheviks seize power
A man with a rifle
Zinoviev and Kamenev: betrayal or foresight
The Winter taken!
The first victims
The first Soviet government
Point-blank on the Kremlin
November. New people rule the country
To the headquarters of Dukhonin
A separate peace
Don’t let anyone in. Don’t let anyone out
War communism
The first woman minister
Liberal people’s commissar
December. The state does not die out
Matriarchy, patriarchy, and secretariat
Does a gendarme hide in every revolutionary?
Leather men
Why did General Kaledin shoot himself?
Finns gain independence
1918
January. The dispersal of the Constituent Assembly
Instead of an epilogue
