Life in Revolutionary Petrograd (1918)
Eyewitness
Description: Report by an unidentified Englishman on conditions in revolutionary Petrograd, including the bagmen, and police battles against them. Reporting on the food situation begins at 6:32 of this 8:01 recording.
Source: Kennan Institute-National Public Radio: Russian History Audio Archive
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
