# The Bolshevik Myth — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman.

- [The Bolshevik Myth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/the-bolshevik-myth.md): The narrator reflects on the disillusionment with the Bolshevik regime, contrasting revolutionary ideals with the harsh realities of dictatorship, terror, and economic collapse in Soviet Russia.
- [The Log of the Transport Buford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/i-the-log-of-the-transport-buford.md): The chapter chronicles the journey of the Buford, a ship deporting political radicals from the United States to Soviet Russia in late 1919 and early 1920. The narrator, a deportee, describes the harsh conditions aboard, 
- [II: On Soviet Soil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/ii-on-soviet-soil.md): The narrator describes the arrival of American deportees in Soviet Russia at Beloostrov, where they are warmly welcomed by soldiers and peasants. A mass meeting features speeches by a woman in black, Zorin, and Bianki, w
- [III: In Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/iii-in-petrograd.md): The narrator arrives in Petrograd and observes the transformed city under Bolshevik rule—empty streets, reduced population, and the grim realities of war communism. They attend a Soviet session where Zinoviev, Radek, and
- [IV: Moscow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/iv-moscow.md): The narrator travels from Petrograd to Moscow as an interpreter for Lansbury and Barry. The journey is arduous due to poor railroad conditions, fuel shortages, and overcrowding. Upon arrival, the narrator struggles to fi

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- [V: The Guest House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/v-the-guest-house.md)
- [VI: Chicherin and Karakhan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/vi-chicherin-and-karakhan.md)
- [VII: The Market](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/vii-the-market.md)
- [VIII: In the Moskkommune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/viii-in-the-moskkommune.md)
- [IX: The Club on the Tverskaya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/ix-the-club-on-the-tverskaya.md)
- [A Visit to Peter Kropotkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/x-a-visit-to-peter-kropotkin.md)
- [XI: Bolshevik Activities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xi-bolshevik-activities.md)
- [Sights and Views](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xii-sights-and-views.md)
- [XIII: Lenin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xiii-lenin.md)
- [XIV: On the Latvian Border](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xiv-on-the-latvian-border.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Back in Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xv-back-in-petrograd.md)
- [Rest Homes for Workers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xvi-rest-homes-for-workers.md)
- [XVII: The First of May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xvii-the-first-of-may.md)
- [XVIII: The British Labor Mission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xviii-the-british-labor-mission.md)
- [The Spirit of Fanaticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xix-the-spirit-of-fanaticism.md)
- [XX: Other People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xx-other-people.md)
- [En Route to the Ukraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxi-en-route-to-the-ukraine.md)
- [First Days in Kharkov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxii-first-days-in-kharkov.md)
- [XXIII: In Soviet Institutions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxiii-in-soviet-institutions.md)
- [XXIV: Yossif the Emigrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxiv-yossif-the-emigrant.md)
- [XXV: Nestor Makhno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxv-nestor-makhno.md)
- [Prison and Concentration Camp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxvi-prison-and-concentration-camp.md)
- [XXVII: Further South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxvii-further-south.md)
- [XXVIII: Fastov the Pogromed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxviii-fastov-the-pogromed.md)
- [XXIX: Kiev](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxix-kiev.md)
- [In Various Walks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxx-in-various-walks.md)
- [XXXI: The Cheka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxi-the-cheka.md)
- [XXXII: Odessa: Life and Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxii-odessa-life-and-vision.md)
- [Dark People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxiii-dark-people.md)
- [A Bolshevik Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxiv-a-bolshevik-trial.md)
- [XXXV: Returning to Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxv-returning-to-petrograd.md)
- [In the Far North](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxvi-in-the-far-north.md)
- [Early Days of 1921](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxvii-early-days-of-1921.md)
- [Kronstadt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxviii-kronstadt.md)
- [Last Links in the Chain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxix-last-links-in-the-chain.md)
- [XL: The Lessons of the “Bolshevik Myth”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xl-the-lessons-of-the-bolshevik-myth.md)
- [I: My Personal Attitude and Reactions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/i-my-personal-attitude-and-reactions.md)
- [II: The Communist Dictatorship and the Russian Revolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/ii-the-communist-dictatorship-and-the-russian-revolution.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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