Russia & the former Soviet Union
A blow against the Post-Soviet School of Historical Falsification
By Wolfgang Weber, December 31, 2011
The letter of 14 historians to the Suhrkamp publishing house in Germany calling on it to abandon publication of Robert Service’s biography of Leon Trotsky has opened the door for an honest and thorough examination of the role of Trotsky and the rise and fall of Soviet power.
Historian Alexander Rabinowitch speaks in Vienna on the Russian Revolution
By our correspondents, June 15, 2011
Professor Rabinowitch’s lecture on his recent research into the Russian Revolution was enthusiastically received by a large audience at the University of Vienna.
“The October Revolution was the most important event of the 20th century”
Interview with Alexander Rabinowitch
By Wolfgang Weber, June 1, 2011
Russian historian Alexander Rabinowitch will be giving a lecture in Vienna on June 6. The WSWS spoke to the professor on his book, The Bolsheviks in Power, and the main themes of his research.
The Bolsheviks in Power―The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd: Guest lecture by Prof. Alexander Rabinowitch in Vienna
April 28, 2011
The American historian Alexander Rabinowitch will present his book The Bolsheviks in Power―The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd in Vienna on 6 June.
Reflections on the Bolsheviks, the October Revolution, and early Soviet state building in Petrograd
By Alexander Rabinowitch, December 2, 2010
This report was presented by Professor Alexander Rabinowitch of Indiana University at a meeting in Berlin on October 14, introducing the new German translation of his book, The Bolsheviks in Power.
An interview with Richard Pare, photographer and expert on Soviet Modernist architecture
By Tim Tower, November 13, 2010
A version of the following interview with Richard Pare, conducted by Tim Tower of the WSWS, was originally posted in March 2008, Tower and Pare spoke again recently to update the piece to accompany a new exhibition, “Building the Revolution.”
Great interest in lecture by Professor Rabinowitch in Berlin
By our correspondent, October 16, 2010
The American historian Alexander Rabinowitch introduced his new book The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Bolshevik Rule in Petrograd at a meeting Thursday evening at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Marxism and the Holocaust
By Nick Beams, May 15, 2010
The following is an addendum to the lecture “Imperialism and the political economy of the Holocaust,” delivered by Nick Beams at San Diego State University on April 29.
Imperialism and the political economy of the Holocaust
By Nick Beams, May 12, 2010
This lecture was delivered at San Diego State University on April 29. It was the eighth in a series entitled
Mehring Books featured title
Fundamental Problems of Marxism by Georgi Plekhanov
April 28, 2010
This week’s featured title by Mehring Books provides an outline of historical materialism in the context of the development of Marxist philosophy.
Trotsky the subject of cultural events in Russia
By Vladimir Volkov, March 24, 2010
In recent months Leon Trotsky has been the subject of two cultural events in Russia – an exhibition at the State Museum of Political History in Saint Petersburg and a documentary film aired on television. While both provide a more objective evaluation of his historical role than what typically found in Ru
Bolshevism and the avant-garde artists (1993)
By David Walsh, February 17, 2010
The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, in 1992-1993, was a major event. David Walsh wrote a series of articles in the Bulletin, a predecessor of the WSWS, which we began republishing February 13 in three parts. Here is the entire piece.
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