Overview

Louise Bryant and her husband John Reed were among a relatively small group of Americans who participated in one of the most important events of the twentieth century, the Russian Revolution of 1917. As first-hand observers, they attended meetings of the revolutionaries, were present at teh Winter Palace as it was under attack, and witnesssed the surrender of the palace guards. Over the next weeks, they saw a new regime emerge and met manu of tis most important figures, including Lenin, Trotsky, Kamenev, and Kollontai. Bryant returned home in 1918 and immediately began working on the book that would become Six Red Months in Russia. Unfortunately for Bryant, her sec and her relationship with Reed overshadowed her talent as a writer and the depth of her observations of this historic event. But Bryant deserves better; she had her oen voice and was a skilled observer and journalist in her own right. While Reed's book is certainly a significant work, it contains little personal commentary. Bryant's account, by comparison, is also a documentation of the revolution, but it goes farther than Reed's in many wants, adding interpretation to observation. Bryant communicates what life was like during the days of the revolution - the people, the food, the excitement, the fear. She is also keenly aware of her American audience and speaks directly to them, urging them to pay attention to this world-changing moment in history and not to be fooled by the misinformation about Bolshevism and the new regime. Six Red Months in Russia conveys Bryant's understanding of the revolution, and reminds us of the utter enthusiasm that many Russians, and Americans, felt for socialism and its yet-untainted, utopian ideals. This new edition of Bryant's book is annotated and set in its appropriate historical context to create a more accessible text for modern readers on the anniversary of this truly world-changing event.

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Author:   Louise Bryant ,  Lee A. Farrow ,  Lee A. Farrow
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9781839997204

ISBN 10:   1839997206
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   11 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Lee A. Farrow; Editor’s introduction; Six red months in Russia; Introduction ; Chapter I: On the Way to Russia ; Chapter II: From the Frontier to Petrograd ; Chapter III: Petrograd ; Chapter IV: Smolny ; Chapter V: Explanation of Political Parties ; Chapter VI: The Democratic Congress ; Chapter VII: The Preparliament and the Soviet of the Russian Republic ; Chapter VIII: The Fall of the Winter Palace ; Chapter IX: The Constituent Assembly ; Chapter X: Katherine Breshkovsky ; Chapter XI: Kerensky ; Chapter XII: Two Ministers of Welfare—Panina and Kollontay ; Chapter XIII: Lenin and Trotsky ; Chapter XIV: A Triumvirate ; Chapter XV: Marie Spiridonova ; Chapter XVI: From One Army to the Other ; Chapter XVII: Red Guards and Cossacks ;

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Lee A. Farrow is Distinguished Research Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Chair, in the Department of History and World Cultures at Auburn University at Montgomery

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