Bolsheviks

Mikhail Pervukhin, an old Bolshevik fellow traveler, escapes to Italy, learns Italian, and pulls the European reader into the horror of the End of Russia and her new beginning.

Going over all the main figures of the Russian Revolution, Pervukhin explores:

• The encroaching dread exterminating life from these vast lands
• The vultures feasting on the carcass of a civilization now dead
• The struggle clawing through the mud and roots of doubt, into history once more

Key questions addressed in Bolsheviks:

• Who were the Bolsheviks?
• What happened during the revolution?
• Who were the major players, and where did they come from?
• What happens when you lose?

This book was originally published in Italian in 1918 under the title I Bolscevichi. This is the first-ever translation of this work into English.

In this book, the ex-Bolshevik Pervukhin provides:

• His perspective on the Russian Revolution
• A personal portrait of 10 different Bolshevik leaders and activists, with whom he dealt during his time in that movement

The book also features 11 pieces of interior artwork by S. D. Smith.