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  1. Chapter 1

    Notes and Explanations

    This chapter provides brief definitions and explanations of the various Russian political groups, committees, soviets, dumas, and unions to help the average reader navigate the complex organizational landscape of the period.

  2. Chapter 2

    Political Parties

    This chapter provides a summary of the political parties and factions active in Petrograd and Russia during the revolutionary period, focusing on their programs, constituencies, and key representatives mentioned in the book. It covers Monarchists, Cadets, the Group of Public Men, Populist Socialists, Mensheviki, Mensheviki Internationalists, Bolsheviki, United Social Democrats Internationalists, Yedinstvo, Socialist Revolutionaries, Left Socialist Revolutionaries, and Maximalists.

  3. Chapter 3

    Parliamentary Procedure

    This chapter describes the distinctive parliamentary procedures of Russian meetings and conventions during the revolutionary period, emphasizing the continental model with a presidium, faction-based voting, and a highly participatory crowd that often overrides formal order through emergency motions and vocal interruptions.

  4. Chapter 4

    Popular Organisations

    This chapter provides a glossary of the various popular organisations that emerged in Russia during the revolutionary period, including Soviets, Trade Unions, Factory-Shop Committees, Dumas, Zemstvos, Cooperatives, Army Committees, and Fleet Committees. It explains their origins, functions, and how they interacted with the evolving political landscape leading up to and following the Bolshevik Revolution.

  5. Chapter 5

    Central Committees

    This chapter describes the proliferation of All-Russian conventions in Petrograd during spring and summer 1917, which elected central committees to represent various interests. As the Provisional Government weakened, these committees assumed greater administrative powers. Key committees include the Union of Unions, Tsay-ee-kah, Tsentroflot, and Vikzhel.

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  1. Chapter 6Other Organisations
  2. Chapter 7Chronology and Spelling
  3. Chapter 8Sources
  4. Chapter 9Ten Days That Shook the World
  5. Chapter 10Background
  6. Chapter 11II: The Coming Storm
  7. Chapter 12III: On the Eve
  8. Chapter 13IV: The Fall of the Provisional Government
  9. Chapter 14V: Plunging Ahead
  10. Chapter 15The Committee for Salvation
  11. Chapter 16VII: The Revolutionary Front
  12. Chapter 17Counterrevolution
  13. Chapter 18IX: Victory
  14. Chapter 19Moscow
  15. Chapter 20XI: The Conquest of Power
  16. Chapter 21XII: The Peasants’ Congress
  17. Chapter 22Appendix to Chapter I
  18. Chapter 23Chapter 1
  19. Chapter 24Wages and Cost of Living Before and During the Revolution
  20. Chapter 25The Socialist Ministers
  21. Chapter 26September Municipal Elections in Moscow
  22. Chapter 27Growing Arrogance of the Reactionaries
  23. Chapter 28Appendix to Chapter II
  24. Chapter 29Chapter 1
  25. Chapter 30Democratic Conference
  26. Chapter 31The Function of the Soviets Is Ended
  27. Chapter 32Trotsky’s Speech at the Council of the Russian Republic
  28. Chapter 33The Nakaz to Skobeliev
  29. Chapter 34Peace at Russia's Expense
  30. Chapter 35Russian Soldiers in France
  31. Chapter 36Terestchenko’s Speech (Resumé)
  32. Chapter 37The British Fleet (etc.)
  33. Chapter 38Appeals Against Insurrection
  34. Chapter 39Lenin's "Letter to the Comrades"
  35. Chapter 40Miliukov's Speech (Resumé)
  36. Chapter 41Interview with Kerensky
  37. Chapter 42Appendix to Chapter III
  38. Chapter 43Resolution of the Factory-Shop Committees
  39. Chapter 44The Bourgeois Press on the Bolsheviki
  40. Chapter 453: Moderate Socialist Press on the Bolsheviki
  41. Chapter 464: “Yedinstvo”
  42. Chapter 475: Were the Bolsheviki Conspirators?
  43. Chapter 48Appeal Against Insurrection
  44. Chapter 49Events of the Night, November 6th
  45. Chapter 50Appendix to Chapter IV
  46. Chapter 51Events of November 7th
  47. Chapter 52Kerensky in Flight
  48. Chapter 533: Looting of the Winter Palace
  49. Chapter 544: Rape of the Women's Battalion
  50. Chapter 55Appendix to Chapter V
  51. Chapter 56Appeals and Proclamations
  52. Chapter 572: Protest of the Municipal Duma
  53. Chapter 58Land Decree—Peasants’ Nakaz
  54. Chapter 59The Land and Deserters
  55. Chapter 60The Council of People’s Commissars
  56. Chapter 61Appendix to Chapter VI
  57. Chapter 62Appeals and Denunciations
  58. Chapter 63Appendix to Chapter VII
  59. Chapter 64Two Decrees
  60. Chapter 652: The Strike Fund
  61. Chapter 66Appendix to Chapter VIII
  62. Chapter 67Kerensky's Advance
  63. Chapter 68Proclamations of the Military Revolutionary Committee
  64. Chapter 69Acts of the Council of People’s Commissars
  65. Chapter 704: The Liquor Problem
  66. Chapter 71Order No. 2
  67. Chapter 72Appendix to Chapter IX
  68. Chapter 73Military Revolutionary Committee. Bulletin No. 2
  69. Chapter 74Events of the 13th in Petrograd
  70. Chapter 753: Truce. Krasnov’s Answer to the Committee for Salvation
  71. Chapter 76Events at Tsarskoye Selo
  72. Chapter 775: Appeal of the Soviet Government
  73. Chapter 78Appendix to Chapter X
  74. Chapter 79Damage to the Kremlin
  75. Chapter 80Lunatcharsky’s Declaration
  76. Chapter 81Questionnaire for the Bourgeoisie
  77. Chapter 82Revolutionary Financial Measure
  78. Chapter 83Appendix to Chapter XI
  79. Chapter 84Limitations of This Chapter
  80. Chapter 85Preamble—Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia
  81. Chapter 86Decrees
  82. Chapter 87The Fall of the Provisional Government
  83. Chapter 885: Ridicule of the New Regime
  84. Chapter 89On the Question of an Agreement
  85. Chapter 90Wine "Pogroms"
  86. Chapter 918: Speculators
  87. Chapter 92Purishkevitch's Letter to Kaledin
  88. Chapter 93Decree on the Monopoly of Advertisements
  89. Chapter 9411: Obligatory Ordinance
  90. Chapter 95Two Proclamations
  91. Chapter 96Chapter 13: To All Workers of Petrograd!
  92. Chapter 97Appeals and Counter-Appeals
  93. Chapter 98Elections to the Constituent Assembly in Petrograd
  94. Chapter 99From the Council of People’s Commissars to the Toiling Cossacks
  95. Chapter 100From the Commission on Public Education Attached to the Central City Duma
  96. Chapter 101Diplomatic Correspondence of the Soviet Government
  97. Chapter 102Appeals to the Front Against Dukhonin
  98. Chapter 103From Krylenko
  99. Chapter 104Appendix to Chapter XII
  100. Chapter 105Instruction to Peasants
  101. Chapter 106The Peasants' Congress
  102. Chapter 107Endnotes
  103. Chapter 108List of Illustrations