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3Trotsky 
Biographies | Ideas
4. Domestic Policy, 1917-24
Politics | Opposition & Terror | Kronstadt
5. Civil War & Intervention
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1. Lenin: Biographies                                                   go to top of page


 

The web has numerous sites to Lenin and Trotsky, however most are either over sycophantic or of limited academic interest.  Those offered below are of greater value. What is missing are sites with critical analysis.

 

Biographies
Aspects of his life
  • The Life of Lenin From The Lenin Web. Many articles of its own on specific periods of Lenin's life before 1917 especially.  Courtesy of the archived Wayback Machine (the original site is offline at the moment- hence the limited images but the worthwhile detailed narrative is intact.)  §
  • Childhood and Youth By Institute of Marxism-Leninism in Moscow Lenin, a biography Progress Publishers, 1983 U.S.S.R.  §
  • Alexander Ulyanov Trial Levine, I.E - Lenin: The Man who made a revolution, Julian Messner, New York, 1969.  §
  • The Conspirator Payne, Robert - When Vladimir became Lenin..The life and death of Lenin, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1964. §
Inessa ArmandLenin's women

 

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2. Lenin: Ideas  go to top of page

 

see also casahistoria  The political ideologies of  Revolution on the 1917 site of casahistoria
General Lenin sites
  • Lenin Internet Archive  Stylish with bios, documents and photos. A Useful section is that of Biographical Portraits written by Lenin contemporaries. One of the few Lenin sites being regularly maintained now.
  • Vladimir Illyich Lenin Homepage  Chronological layout of source materials, but takes time to find what you need. Best if you are looking for some specific source.  §
  • Lenin Social Nerve: Unfortunately this is no longer maintained. The link here is to the excellent Wayback Machine copy. Unfortunately this is missing many images and aspects from the site. it is still worth using.   § As I wrote originally: The site modestly claims: "contains the most information offered on-line about the life and work of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. The site includes over 500 photographs of Lenin, the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917.  The site includes photographs and biographies of the prominent revolutionaries of the time, like Leon Trotsky.  The Biographical section on Lenin contains information gathered to suite the intellectual mind on the controversies and legends of Lenin." The site is very good though... The pick of the general Lenin sites. in case it returns. here is the original site URL:  www.socialnerve.org/lenin/index.html 

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Biographies
Ideas and writings
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4. Domestic policy, 1917-24  go to top of page

 

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Politics
Opposition To Lenin & Terror

Kronstadt

 

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5. The Civil War and Intervention  go to top of page

 

  • White Army recruitment poster from the Russian Civil War, depicting a Muslim Cavalry Division OfficerCivil War: Whites v Reds and Allied intervention two introductory pages from BBC history.
  • The Russian Civil War This two-page account of the Russian Civil War concentrates on broad trends rather than specific events. Examining the strengths and weaknesses of both main sides, and including information on regional differences and international involvement, this would be an ideal accompaniment to a timeline or narrative. Oddly, it neglects to mention the importance of the railways to the Red Army.
  • Russian Civil War , White Army   &  Red Army Thorough accounts and documents from the Spartacus site.
  • The Civil War Competent account of war and outcome. Prof Rempel lecture based on Donald W. Treadgold, Twentieth Century Russia, (Westview Press, 1987).
  • Lenin and the First Communist Revolutions, Civil War section From the Museum of Communism. Detailed, with maps.
  • Trotsky on the Russian Civil War Well linked page  §
  • Red Army. Sound initial outline of the origins of the Red Army from Firstworldwar.com
  • White Falcons: the White Air Forces 1918-1920 Interesting, if slightly offbeat article on the airforces (especially Finnish)
  • White Songs and Poetry The following are several examples from soldiers' songs and poetry from the Russian Civil War. While some of the authors are known, the names of many have been lost or never recorded. This small sample is drawn from research into the White movement in South Russia, in particular General Wrangel and his Crimean government, and it is composed of examples found in the memoir literature of White emigres. But the purple background is .....too purple.....  §
  • 'Russian anarchists and the civil war' by Paul Avrich Interesting atricle looking at how The Bolsheviks attempted to enlist anarchist support. From Russian Review, 1968

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