My Disillusionment in Russia

by Emma Goldman

Overview

My Disillusionment in Russia is a book by Emma Goldman, published in 1923 by Doubleday, Page & Co. The book was based on a much longer manuscript entitled "My Two Years in Russia" which was an eyewitness account of events in Russia from 1920 to 1921 that ensued in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and which culminated in the Kronstadt rebellion. Long-concerned about developments with the Bolsheviks, Goldman described the rebellion as the "final wrench. I saw before me the Bolshevik State, formidable, crushing every constructive revolutionary effort, suppressing, debasing, and disintegrating everything".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783987448966
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	11/24/2022
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	137
File size:	650 KB

About the Author

Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
I.	Deportation to Russia	1
II.	Petrograd	8
III.	Disturbing Thoughts	15
IV.	Moscow: First Impressions	22
V.	Meeting People	31
VI.	Preparing for American Deportees	38
VII.	Rest Homes for Workers	44
VIII.	The First of May in Petrograd	48
IX.	Industrial Militarization	51
X.	The British Labour Mission	58
XI.	A Visit from the Ukraina	60
XII.	Beneath the Surface	68
XIII.	Joining the Museum of the Revolution	75
XIV.	Petropavlovsk and Schlusselburg	80
XV.	The Trade Unions	84
XVI.	Maria Spiridonova	90
XVII.	Another Visit to Peter Kropotkin	97
XVIII.	En Route	101
XIX.	In Kharkov	105
XX.	Poltava	122
XXI.	Kiev	133
XXII.	Odessa	153
XXIII.	Returning to Moscow	160
XXIV.	Back to Petrograd	169
XXV.	Archangel and Return	178
XXVI.	Death and Funeral of Peter Kropotkin	186
XXVII.	Kronstadt	193
XXVIII.	Persecution of Anarchists	201
XXIX.	Travelling Salesmen of the Revolution	212
XXX.	Education and Culture	221
XXXI.	Exploiting the Famine	233
XXXII.	The Socialist Republic Resorts to Deportation	237
XXXIII.	Afterword	242