# Ten Days That Shook the World — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.

- [Notes and Explanations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/notes-and-explanations.md): 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 per
- [Political Parties](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/political-parties.md): 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 b
- [Parliamentary Procedure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/parliamentary-procedure.md): 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 
- [Popular Organisations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/popular-organisations.md): 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 
- [Central Committees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/central-committees.md): 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, the

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- [Other Organisations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/other-organisations.md)
- [Chronology and Spelling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/chronology-and-spelling.md)
- [Sources](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/sources.md)
- [Ten Days That Shook the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/ten-days-that-shook-the-world.md)
- [Background](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/i-background.md)
- [II: The Coming Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/ii-the-coming-storm.md)
- [III: On the Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/iii-on-the-eve.md)
- [IV: The Fall of the Provisional Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/iv-the-fall-of-the-provisional-government.md)
- [V: Plunging Ahead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/v-plunging-ahead.md)
- [The Committee for Salvation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/vi-the-committee-for-salvation.md)
- [VII: The Revolutionary Front](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/vii-the-revolutionary-front.md)
- [Counterrevolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/viii-counterrevolution.md)
- [IX: Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/ix-victory.md)
- [Moscow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/x-moscow.md)
- [XI: The Conquest of Power](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/xi-the-conquest-of-power.md)
- [XII: The Peasants’ Congress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/xii-the-peasants-congress.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-i.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1.md)
- [Wages and Cost of Living Before and During the Revolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-wages-and-cost-of-living-before-and-during-the-revolution.md)
- [The Socialist Ministers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-the-socialist-ministers.md)
- [September Municipal Elections in Moscow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-september-municipal-elections-in-moscow.md)
- [Growing Arrogance of the Reactionaries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/5-growing-arrogance-of-the-reactionaries.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-ii.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1.md)
- [Democratic Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-democratic-conference.md)
- [The Function of the Soviets Is Ended](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-the-function-of-the-soviets-is-ended.md)
- [Trotsky’s Speech at the Council of the Russian Republic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-trotsky-s-speech-at-the-council-of-the-russian-republic.md)
- [The Nakaz to Skobeliev](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/5-the-nakaz-to-skobeliev.md)
- [Peace at Russia's Expense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/6-peace-at-russia-s-expense.md)
- [Russian Soldiers in France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/7-russian-soldiers-in-france.md)
- [Terestchenko’s Speech (Resumé)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/8-terestchenko-s-speech-resum.md)
- [The British Fleet (etc.)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/9-the-british-fleet-etc.md)
- [Appeals Against Insurrection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/10-appeals-against-insurrection.md)
- [Lenin's "Letter to the Comrades"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/11-lenin-s-letter-to-the-comrades.md)
- [Miliukov's Speech (Resumé)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/12-miliukov-s-speech-resum.md)
- [Interview with Kerensky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/13-interview-with-kerensky.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-iii.md)
- [Resolution of the Factory-Shop Committees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-resolution-of-the-factory-shop-committees.md)
- [The Bourgeois Press on the Bolsheviki](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-the-bourgeois-press-on-the-bolsheviki.md)
- [3: Moderate Socialist Press on the Bolsheviki](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-moderate-socialist-press-on-the-bolsheviki.md)
- [4: “Yedinstvo”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-yedinstvo.md)
- [5: Were the Bolsheviki Conspirators?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/5-were-the-bolsheviki-conspirators.md)
- [Appeal Against Insurrection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/6-appeal-against-insurrection.md)
- [Events of the Night, November 6th](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/7-events-of-the-night-november-6th.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-iv.md)
- [Events of November 7th](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-events-of-november-7th.md)
- [Kerensky in Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-kerensky-in-flight.md)
- [3: Looting of the Winter Palace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-looting-of-the-winter-palace.md)
- [4: Rape of the Women's Battalion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-rape-of-the-women-s-battalion.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-v.md)
- [Appeals and Proclamations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-appeals-and-proclamations.md)
- [2: Protest of the Municipal Duma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-protest-of-the-municipal-duma.md)
- [Land Decree—Peasants’ Nakaz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-land-decree-peasants-nakaz.md)
- [The Land and Deserters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-the-land-and-deserters.md)
- [The Council of People’s Commissars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/5-the-council-of-people-s-commissars.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-vi.md)
- [Appeals and Denunciations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-appeals-and-denunciations.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-vii.md)
- [Two Decrees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-two-decrees.md)
- [2: The Strike Fund](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-the-strike-fund.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-viii.md)
- [Kerensky's Advance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-kerensky-s-advance.md)
- [Proclamations of the Military Revolutionary Committee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-proclamations-of-the-military-revolutionary-committee.md)
- [Acts of the Council of People’s Commissars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-acts-of-the-council-of-people-s-commissars.md)
- [4: The Liquor Problem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-the-liquor-problem.md)
- [Order No. 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/5-order-no-2.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-ix.md)
- [Military Revolutionary Committee. Bulletin No. 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-military-revolutionary-committee-bulletin-no-2.md)
- [Events of the 13th in Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-events-of-the-13th-in-petrograd.md)
- [3: Truce. Krasnov’s Answer to the Committee for Salvation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-truce-krasnov-s-answer-to-the-committee-for-salvation.md)
- [Events at Tsarskoye Selo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-events-at-tsarskoye-selo.md)
- [5: Appeal of the Soviet Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/5-appeal-of-the-soviet-government.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-x.md)
- [Damage to the Kremlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-damage-to-the-kremlin.md)
- [Lunatcharsky’s Declaration](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-lunatcharsky-s-declaration.md)
- [Questionnaire for the Bourgeoisie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-questionnaire-for-the-bourgeoisie.md)
- [Revolutionary Financial Measure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-revolutionary-financial-measure.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-xi.md)
- [Limitations of This Chapter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-limitations-of-this-chapter.md)
- [Preamble—Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-preamble-declaration-of-the-rights-of-the-peoples-of-russia.md)
- [Decrees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-decrees.md)
- [The Fall of the Provisional Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4.md)
- [5: Ridicule of the New Regime](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/5-ridicule-of-the-new-regime.md)
- [On the Question of an Agreement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/6-on-the-question-of-an-agreement.md)
- [Wine "Pogroms"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/7-wine-pogroms.md)
- [8: Speculators](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/8-speculators.md)
- [Purishkevitch's Letter to Kaledin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/9-purishkevitch-s-letter-to-kaledin.md)
- [Decree on the Monopoly of Advertisements](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/10-decree-on-the-monopoly-of-advertisements.md)
- [11: Obligatory Ordinance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/11-obligatory-ordinance.md)
- [Two Proclamations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/12-two-proclamations.md)
- [Chapter 13: To All Workers of Petrograd!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/13.md)
- [Appeals and Counter-Appeals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/14-appeals-and-counter-appeals.md)
- [Elections to the Constituent Assembly in Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/15-elections-to-the-constituent-assembly-in-petrograd.md)
- [From the Council of People’s Commissars to the Toiling Cossacks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/16-from-the-council-of-people-s-commissars-to-the-toiling-cossacks.md)
- [From the Commission on Public Education Attached to the Central City Duma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/17-from-the-commission-on-public-education-attached-to-the-central-city-duma.md)
- [Diplomatic Correspondence of the Soviet Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/18-diplomatic-correspondence-of-the-soviet-government.md)
- [Appeals to the Front Against Dukhonin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/19-appeals-to-the-front-against-dukhonin.md)
- [From Krylenko](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/20-from-krylenko.md)
- [Appendix to Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-xii.md)
- [Instruction to Peasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/1-instruction-to-peasants.md)
- [The Peasants' Congress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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