Six Weeks In Russia 1919

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571287611

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Six Weeks in Russia, 1919 by Arthur Ransome Pdf

But for Swallows and Amazons, some of Arthur Ransome's earlier writings would be better known. The extraordinary success Ransome achieved as a children's writer, from the 1930's until his death in 1967, perhaps inevitably eclipsed his earlier work, but in the case of his two books and pamphlet on the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the tumultuous events that followed that is a great loss: it can be said unequivocally that these writings are on a par, perhaps even exceeding, such classics as John Reed's Ten Days that Shook the World . Arthur Ransome knew Russia. He lived there from 1914 to 1918 almost all the time. He taught himself Russian and became a foreign correspondent for the liberal Daily News and Manchester Guardian. More than that, he came to know many of the Bolshevik leaders like Lenin, Trotsky and Checherin almost as personal friends, and, indeed, married Trotsky's secretary, Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina. Arthur Ransome as a commentator on the Russian scene at the most convulsive moment in its history is unique. Unlike famous visitors like H. G. Wells (though his marvellous book, Russia in the Shadows shouldn't be overlooked) and Bertrand Russell, his was no brief journalistic inspection: and unlike other reporters such as John Reed, Victor Serge and Alfred Rosmer there was no tendentiousness in what he wrote - they were convinced revolutionaries, Ransome, although not unsympathetic to the Bolshevik cause, was a more objective recorder. Six Weeks in Russia , The Crisis in Russia and the pamphlet, The Truth about Russia constitute the best contemporary writing about Russia at the time of the Bolshevik takeover. They were reissued in the early 1990s, with an introduction by Paul Foot which has been retained for the Faber Finds reissue of Six Weeks in Russia ; otherwise they have been out of print since first published

Author : ARTHUR. RANSOME
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033227102

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SIX WEEKS IN RUSSIA IN 1919 by ARTHUR. RANSOME Pdf

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1015879012

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Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1539566242

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Three Accounts of Revolutionary Russia by Arthur Ransome Pdf

The biography of Arthur Ransome has been written elsewhere, and will not be repeated here. For the purposes at hand, all we need to know is that from 1915 until 1924 he reported on the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. At first, he acted as correspondent for the Daily News and then The Manchester Guardian from October 1919. During this time he was one of the few journalists in Russia to experience and report events first hand and used these insights to publish three works: -A Letter to America (1918) -Six Weeks in Russia (1919) -The Crisis in Russia (1921) Since then, much has been written about the October Revolution and from many perspectives, but none of it in the heat of history in the making. It is for this reason, that all three works are being published together in 2017, the centenary year of the events recounted, when many will seek to present opinion as history.

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000415896

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Routledge Library Editions: The Russian Civil War by Various Authors Pdf

Originally published between 1918 and 1967, the 4 volumes in this set on the Russian Civil War: use archive material from official records cover both the detail and the wider implications of these epic events provid a short history of the Caucasus campaign and connect the events that were taking place in the Middle East with the past history of Central Asia combine vivid narrative of the military events with a biographical discussion of the White Generals

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 5490 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781801701181

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Delphi Complete Works of Arthur Ransome (Illustrated) by Arthur Ransome Pdf

The English interwar writer Arthur Ransome, best known for the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ children’s books, is noted for popularising the pattern for “holiday adventure” stories. A writer of various genres, his first success, ‘Bohemia in London’, is a partly autobiographical account of his early days. He also published a noted general ‘History of Story-Telling’, as well as landmark critical works on Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde. During the Great War, Ransome worked as a war correspondent in Russia, where he studied native folktales, which he retold for children. He also wrote extensively about his passion of angling, producing the seminal work in its field, ‘Rod and Line’. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Ransome’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ransome’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ novels, with individual contents tables * Includes Ransome’s original illustrations to the novels * Many rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Includes Ransome’s rare non-fiction works * Features the celebrated autobiography – discover Ransome’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Swallows and Amazons Books Swallows and Amazons (1930) Swallowdale (1931) Peter Duck (1932) Winter Holiday (1933) Coot Club (1934) Pigeon Post (1936) We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea (1937) Secret Water (1939) The Big Six (1940) Missee Lee (1941) The Picts and the Martyrs (1943) Great Northern? (1947) Other Children’s Books The Child’s Book of the Seasons (1906) Pond and Stream (1906) The Things in our Garden (1906) The Hoofmarks of the Faun (1911) Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916) Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme (1920) The Soldier and Death (1922) The Horror Novel The Elixir of Life (1915) The Short Stories Miscellaneous Stories The Non-Fiction The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers (1904) Bohemia in London (1907) A History of Story-telling (1909) Edgar Allan Poe (1910) Oscar Wilde (1912) Portraits and Speculations (1913) Six Weeks in Russia (1919) The Crisis in Russia (1921) Racundra’s First Cruise (1923) Rod and Line (1929) Racundra’s Third Cruise (1972) The Autobiography The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome (1976)

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474402453

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Russian Futurist Theatre by Robert Leach Pdf

Russian Futurist Theatre explores is the first book to comprehensively uncover the Russian futurist theatre in all its virtuosity and diversity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : HARVARD:32044099756066

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Soviet Russia by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Rodgers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755601172

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Assignment Moscow by James Rodgers Pdf

The story of western correspondents in Russia is the story of Russia's attitude to the west. Russia has at different times been alternately open to western ideas and contacts, cautious and distant or, for much of the twentieth century, all but closed off. From the revolutionary period of the First World War onwards, correspondents in Russia have striven to tell the story of a country known to few outsiders. Their stories have not always been well received by political elites, audiences, and even editors in their own countries-but their accounts have been a huge influence on how the West understands Russia. Not always perfect, at times downright misleading, they have, overall, been immensely valuable. In Assignment Moscow, former foreign correspondent James Rodgers analyses the news coverage of Russia throughout history, from the coverage of the siege of the Winter Palace and a plot to kill Stalin, to the Chernobyl explosion and the Salisbury poison scandal.

Author : Simon Ball
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228002215

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Secret History by Simon Ball Pdf

As John le Carré's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations. Secret History demonstrates that a critical scrutiny of internal "after action" assessments of intelligence prepared by British officials provides an invaluable and original perspective on the emergence of British intelligence culture over a period stretching from the First World War to the early Cold War. The historical record reflects personal value judgments about what qualified as effective techniques and organization, and even who could rightfully be called an intelligence officer. The history of intelligence thus became a powerful form of self-reinforcing cultural capital. Shining an intense light on the history of Britain's intelligence organizations, Secret History excavates how contemporary myths, misperceptions, and misunderstandings were captured and how they affected the development of British intelligence and the state.

Author : Rob Sewell,Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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In Defence of Lenin by Rob Sewell,Alan Woods Pdf

John Reed, the author of Ten Days that Shook the World, once said that Lenin was the most loved and the most hated person alive. He was loved by tens of millions who wanted to change society, but hated by the ruling class and their apologists. As the leader of the Russian Revolution, Lenin was a man who changed the world. A convinced Marxist, he created the Bolshevik Party, the most revolutionary party in history. Lenin translated the ideas of Marxism into reality. It is now one hundred years since his death. The bourgeois historians continue to slander him and his ideas. The task of this book is to explain his real life and ideas, and to draw out the significance of Lenin. Given the ongoing capitalist crisis, his ideas are gaining an increasingly wide echo. In so many ways, Lenin is more relevant today than ever before. Over two volumes, this book traces Lenin’s life and explains his ideas, drawing on the colossal heritage of what he actually wrote and did. This book also features an appendix of Krupskaya’s writings on Lenin, a chronology and over 250 images.

Author : Michael Kettle *Probate*,Michael Kettle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134890026

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Churchill and the Archangel Fiasco by Michael Kettle *Probate*,Michael Kettle Pdf

Kettle argues that the White Russians became expendable British pawns in a temporary forward holding position, designed to contain the Bolshevik inferno within Russia. British medium intervention thus prolonged the Civil War.

Author : Rebecca Beasley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198802129

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Russomania by Rebecca Beasley Pdf

Russomania: Russian Culture and the Creation of British Modernism provides a new account of modernist literature's emergence in Britain. British writers played a central role in the dissemination of Russian literature and culture during the early twentieth century, and their writing was transformed by the encounter. This study restores the thick history of that moment, by analyzing networks of dissemination and reception to recover the role of neglected as well as canonical figures, and institutions as well as individuals. The dominant account of British modernism privileges a Francophile genealogy, but the turn-of-the century debate about the future of British writing was a triangular debate, a debate not only between French and English models, but between French, English, and Russian models. Francophile modernists associated Russian literature, especially the Tolstoyan novel, with an uncritical immersion in 'life' at the expense of a mastery of style, and while individual works might be admired, Russian literature as a whole was represented as a dangerous model for British writing. This supposed danger was closely bound up with the politics of the period, and this book investigates how Russian culture was deployed in the close relationships between writers, editors, and politicians who made up the early twentieth-century intellectual class--the British intelligentsia. Russomania argues that the most significant impact of Russian culture is not to be found in stylistic borrowings between canonical authors, but in the shaping of the major intellectual questions of the period: the relation between language and action, writer and audience, and the work of art and lived experience. The resulting account brings an occluded genealogy of early modernism to the fore, with a different arrangement of protagonists, different critical values, and stronger lines of connection to the realist experiments of the Victorian past, and the anti-formalism and revived romanticism of the 1930s and 1940s future.

Author : Giles Milton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620405697

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Russian Roulette by Giles Milton Pdf

In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II-a dramatic and explosive act marking that Vladimir Lenin's communist revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a global revolt that would topple all Western capitalist regimes-starting with the British Empire. Russian Roulette tells the spectacular and harrowing story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia and their mission to stop Lenin's red tide from washing across the free world. They were an eccentric cast of characters, led by Mansfield Cumming, a one-legged, monocle-wearing former sea captain, and included novelist W. Somerset Maugham, beloved children's author Arthur Ransome, and the dashing, ice-cool Sidney Reilly, the legendary Ace of Spies and a model for Ian Fleming's James Bond. Cumming's network would pioneer the field of covert action and would one day become MI6. Living in disguise, constantly switching identities, they infiltrated Soviet commissariats, the Red Army, and Cheka (the feared secret police), and would come within a whisker of assassinating Lenin. In a sequence of bold exploits that stretched from Moscow to the central Asian city of Tashkent, this unlikely band of agents succeeded in foiling Lenin's plot for global revolution.

Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1356157270

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Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome Pdf

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