Ten Days That Shook the World is a book by the American journalist and socialist John Reed. Here, Reed presented a firsthand account of the 1917 Russian October Revolution. Reed followed many of the m
1919 Boni & Liveright first edition
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and the leader of the Bolshevik Party.
Leon Trotsky, founder of the Red Army and a key figure in the October Revolution.
Cover of the 1922 German edition of 10 Days That Shook The World, published by the Communist International in Hamburg.
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The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution, October coup, Bolshevik coup, Bolshevik Revolution, and occasionally the November Revolution, was the second of two revolu
The Winter Palace of Petrograd, one day after the insurrection, 8 November
Red Guard unit of the Vulkan factory in Petrograd, October 1917
Bolshevik (1920) by Boris Kustodiev
A scene from the July Days. The army has just opened fire on street protesters.