Julius West’s reports for the New Statesman offer a first hand account of the uneasy beginnings of Bolshevik rule.
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This New Statesman report by the historian Julius West gives an eye-witness account of the start of Bolshevik rule in…
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What caused the Russian revolution? Look to the powder keg of Petrograd
How unrest exploded in 1917 – with help from Russia’s Terrible Twins.
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Barack Obama’s message to Russia has 22 days to play out
President Barack Obama’s order to expel 35 diplomats and send them back to Russia without love seems decisive, especially compared to…
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