My Disillusionment in Russia

Paperback, 263 pages

English language

Published June 5, 2003 by Dover Publications.

ISBN:
978-0-486-43270-0
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OCLC Number:
52858449

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My Disillusionment in Russia is a book by Emma Goldman, published in 1923 by Doubleday, Page & Co. The book was based on a much longer manuscript entitled "My Two Years in Russia" which was an eyewitness account of events in Russia from 1920 to 1921 that ensued in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and which culminated in the Kronstadt rebellion. Long-concerned about developments with the Bolsheviks, Goldman described the rebellion as the "final wrench. I saw before me the Bolshevik State, formidable, crushing every constructive revolutionary effort, suppressing, debasing, and disintegrating everything".

Much to Goldman's dismay, only upon receiving the first printed copies of the book did she become aware that (1) the publisher had changed the title; and (2) the last twelve chapters were entirely missing, including an Afterword which Goldman felt was "the most vital part" of the book. Sympathetic to the initial Russian …

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La buena de Emma, que después de toda una vida luchando por la Revolución, cuando llega a Rusia, se la encuentra secuestrada por la lacra del Bolchevismo. La pobre mujer quería racionalizar lo que veía, pero como el título indica, al final no pudo más que aceptar la verdad.

Esto es la primera mitad del diario, termina cuando viajan a Ucrania, en un momento en que ya empezaba a estar harta del bolchevismo

Subjects

  • Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940.
  • Communism -- Soviet Union.
  • Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Personal narratives, American.