The legacy of 1917 Alan Maass

The legacy of 1917

Alan Maass concludes Socialist Worker's series on the 1917 Russian Revolution by explaining what the revolution achieved, how it was ultimately defeated--and the continuing importance of its legacy.

August 9, 2013

THE INSURRECTION launched on the night of October 24 by the Petrograd Soviet's Military Revolutionary Committee swept away the last vestiges of the Provisional Government's power.

When the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, with representatives from

The final act of revolution Michele Bollinger

The final act of the revolution

Michele Bollinger tells the story of the Russian Revolution's insurrection in October.

August 2, 2013

THE DEFEAT of the coup attempt led by the right-wing General Kornilov at the end of August set the stage for the final act of the Russian Revolution.

The Provisional Government, led by Alexander Kerensky, was further compromised in the eyes of Russian workers. Kerensky had continued to prosecute the war and was complicit in putting Kornilov in a position of power in the first place.