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The Bolshevik Myth

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The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman who with his partner Emma Goldman was deported from the USA under the 1918 Anarchist Exclusion Act and shipped to the young Soviet Russia. He describes his experiences in Bolshevik Russia from 1920 to 1922, where he saw the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Written in the form of a diary, The Bolshevik Myth describes how Berkman's initial enthusiasm for the revolution faded as he became disillusioned with the Bolsheviks and their suppression of all political dissent.

This book is interesting to compare with Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace. Last Message to the People of America written by Goldman and Berkman on the eve of their deportation.
(Summary by Wikipedia and Mark Chulsky) (10 hr 28 min)

Chapters

Preface

5:03

Read by SimonParent

The Log of the Transport “Buford”

28:51

Read by elibishop

On Soviet Soil

9:13

Read by Hindbridge

In Petrograd

23:12

Read by Hindbridge

Moscow

8:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Guest House

10:20

Read by XavierVO27

Tchicherin and Karakhan

13:15

Read by Jonathan Miller

The Market

14:57

Read by Jonathan Miller

In the Moskkommune

6:19

Read by KalenXI

The Club on the Tverskaya

10:29

Read by KalenXI

A Visit to Peter Kropotkin

10:50

Read by XavierVO27

Bolshevik Activities

13:25

Read by XavierVO27

Sights and Views

13:56

Read by XavierVO27

Lenin

9:08

Read by Steven Jon Peterson

On the Latvian Border

47:44

Read by lightcrystal

Back in Petrograd

19:23

Read by elibishop

Rest Homes for Workers

7:59

Read by Andy Glover

The First of May

7:45

Read by Lynette Caulkins

The British Labor Mission

19:55

Read by Richa Jain

The Spirit of Fanaticism

24:20

Read by Jonathan Miller

Other People

14:57

Read by Jonathan Miller

En Route to the Ukraina

12:25

Read by Jonathan Miller

First Days in Kharkov

19:30

Read by elibishop

In Soviet Institutions

13:07

Read by elibishop

Yossif the Emigrant

14:07

Read by elibishop

Nestor Makhno

12:11

Read by elibishop

Prison and Concentration Camp

18:37

Read by mleigh

Further South

5:39

Read by Brize C

Fastov the Pogromed

22:43

Read by Alex Kameleon

Kiev

10:49

Read by wriggleo

In Various Walks

26:59

Read by elibishop

The Tcheka

8:36

Read by MrRoarke865

Odessa: Life and Vision

27:06

Read by elibishop

Dark People

17:54

Read by Lynette Caulkins

A Bolshevik Trial

11:25

Read by mleigh

Returning to Petrograd

17:07

Read by Kierkegaard

In the Far North

8:59

Read by Marie Christian

Early Days of 1921

9:37

Read by Kierkegaard

Kronstadt

23:26

Read by Dan

Last Links in the Chain

28:39

Read by elibishop

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This is a powerful look at what went wrong during the Russian Revolution. Written by a disillusioned "hero" of the communist revolution.