Little Creole Boy (1918)

Aleksandr Vertinskii. Sung by the author

Description: Vertinsky first met starlet Vera Kholodnaia at the Khazhankov Film Studio. Rumor has it that he fell madly in love with her 'demonic beauty,' and that he was the source of her meteoric success. Several of his early songs were dedicated to her, none more famous than this.

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth