A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, history, according to most historians, had pronounced its judgment. How Lenin’s love of literature shaped the Russian Revolution Read moreHe was neither saint nor totalitarian despot, the two roles assigned to him after his death in 1924. History of the Russian Revolution by Leon TrotskyThis passionate, partisan and beautifully written account by a major participant in the revolution, written during his exile on the isle of Prinkipo in Turkey, remains one of the best accounts of 1917. Russian Revolution 1917: A Personal Record by NN SukhanovThis book was necessary reading for all early historians of the revolution. Through the Russian Revolution by Albert Rhys WilliamsWilliams was already in Petrograd when Reed arrived and acted as a calming tutor to his wilder and more activist colleague.

Source: The Guardian April 12, 2017 09:34 UTC