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