History of the Russian Revolution - Softcover

Leon Trotsky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873488296 ISBN 13: 9780873488297

Publisher: Pathfinder Press, 1980

Synopsis

The classic account of the social, economic, and political dynamics of the first socialist revolution as told by one of its central leaders. Trotsky describes how, under Lenin’s leadership, the Bolshevik Party led the working class, peasantry, and oppressed nationalities to overturn the monarchist regime of the landlords and capitalists and bring to power a government of the workers and peasants—one that set an example for toilers the world over. Nowhere are those world-shattering events explained with more clarity and insight than in this powerful account.

Also available in French (ISBN: 9782020261272 part 1 and ISBN: 9782757865255 part 2), and Russian (ISBN: 9780873488020).

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About the Author

Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) was part of the central leadership forged by Bolshevik party leader V.I. Lenin that organized the revolutionary conquest of power by workers and peasants in Russia in October 1917. Trotsky commanded the Red Army, was a founding leader of the Communist International, and of communists in the Soviet Union and worldwide who fought to continue Lenin’s proletarian internationalist course. He continued that struggle from exile after being deported in 1929. Trotsky was murdered in Mexico in 1940 by Stalin’s secret police.

Since the early 1930s Pathfinder and its predecessors have translated, published, and kept in print Trotsky's principal works. These include:
The Third International after Lenin (1996)
In Defense of Marxism (1995)
History of the Russian Revolution (1980)
The Revolution Betrayed (1972)
The First Five Years of the Communist International (two volumes, 1972)
Writings of Leon Trotsky, 1929–40 (14 volumes, 1972–79)

Edition details

• Publisher: Pathfinder Press
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873488296
• ISBN 13: 9780873488297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1564