Books

• Reminiscences of Lenin

  by Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya

  A personal account of Lenin’s life and thought, written by the woman who knew him best.
• Trotsky on Lenin

  by Leon Trotsky

  Combining Young Lenin and On Lenin in one volume, this is a fascinating political biography by fellow revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
• October Song

  by Paul Le Blanc

  Provides remarkable insights and evocative narratives from Russia’s working-class revolution of 1917 -- a democratic triumph ultimately overwhelmed by tragedy.
• Red Petrograd

  by S. A. Smith

  A deeply engaging study, unmatched in its depth, of factory life in Petrograd over the course of Russia’s revolutionary year.

• Eyewitnesses to the Russian Revolution

  Edited by Todd Chretien

  The Russian Revolution turned the world upside down. This reader tells the story of what happened with riveting eyewitness accounts.
• History of the Russian Revolution

  by Leon Trotsky

  An unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history.
• Russia

  by Anthony Arnove, Tony Cliff, et al.

  In the Russian revolution of 1917, workers took control of a major country for the first time in history.
• The Bolsheviks Come to Power

  by Alexander Rabinowitch

  A classic work depicting the early months of the Russian Revolution. With a new introduction for the Revolution's centenary.

• Lessons of October

  by Leon Trotsky

  An critical examination of the key actors and larger social movements that led to the rise of the Bolsheviks.
• Leninism under Lenin

  by Marcel Liebman

  A winner of the Isaac Deutscher Prize Liebmann highlights democratic dimensions in Lenin's thinking as it developed over 25 years.
• 1905

  by Leon Trotsky

  1905 chronicles the key developments lead to revolution and the unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing the Tsar of Russia.
• Lenin's Moscow

  by Alfred Rosmer

  Engaging, page-turning first hand account of the promise of the Russian Revolution.

• Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937

  by Barbara C. Allen

  The first biography—in any language—of Alexander Shlyapnikov, a leader and founder, along with Kollontai, of the Workers’ Opposition.
• To the Masses

  Edited by John Riddell

  The proceedings and resolutions of the third congress of the Communist International available in translation for the first time.
• Life and Death of Leon Trotsky

  by Natalia Ivanovna Sedova and Victor Serge

  A biography of Leon Trotsky by two of his close friends and collaborators
• Lenin and the Revolutionary Party

  by Paul Le Blanc

  Lenin's political and organizational ideas confront the reality of the labor movement and the revolutionary process.

• Year One of the Russian Revolution

  by Victor Serge

  Serge exposes the heart of the vital first year of the most important working class revolution in history.
• The Preobrazhensky Papers: Archival Documents and Materials

  by Evgenii Alexeyevich Preobrazhensky

  The documents in this volume, newly discovered and translated into English for the first time, reveal a previously unknown Preobrazhensky.
• State and Revolution

  by Todd Chretien and V. I. Lenin

  As both historical document and political statement, State and Revolution's importance can hardly be exaggerated.
• Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party

  by Dianne Feeley, Paul Le Blanc, et al.

  Trotsky’s own words on revolutionary organization, from 1917 to 1940, highlight the dynamics of democratic initiative and principled centralism.

• Alexandra Kollontai

  by Cathy Porter

  Kollotai was a brilliant and passionate defender of the ideals of the Russian revolution and women's liberation.
• Unfinished Leninism

  by Paul Le Blanc

  A stimulating collection of essays on the revolutionary socialist Vladimir Lenin that survey fierce controversies over his life and ideas.
  
• Leon Trotsky

  by Tariq Ali

  This illustrated introduction's irreverent cartoons will amuse readers, and surprise them with its sophisticated portrait of Trotsky's life and works.
• Toward the United Front

  Edited by John Riddell

  The proceedings of the last congress of the Communist International in which Lenin participated, now at last available in English