The Unknown Revolution Explained

The Unknown Revolution
Author:	Voline
Subject:	Russian history
Pub Date:	1947

The Unknown Revolution is a 1947 history of the Russian Revolution by Voline.

Publication

Voline finished the book in 1940 while in Marseilles. After his death in 1945, it was first published posthumously in 1947. Following 1968 events in France, the book was republished in French paperback without additional editorial content by as part of a series by Daniel Guérin and Jean-Jacques Lebel.^[1]

The book was translated into English in two parts by the Libertarian Book Club. The first volume, Nineteen-Seventeen: The Russian Revolution Betrayed, in 1954,^[2] and the second volume, The Unknown Revolution: Kronstadt 1921, Ukraine 1918–21, in 1956.^[3]

Reception and legacy

Historian of anarchism Paul Avrich wrote that Voline's book was "the most important anarchist history of the Russian Revolution in any language".

Bibliography

• Book: Paul Avrich

. Avrich . Paul . V. M. Eikhenbaum (Volin): The Man and His Book . 125–134 . Paul Avrich . . 1988 . English . 0-691-04753-7 . . Princeton, New Jersey . 17727270 .

Further reading

• News: Carr . E. H. . E. H. Carr . Anarchist Risings . . 2826 . 248 . 1956-04-27 . English . 0307-661X . . mdy-all .
• Miller . Martin A. . Anarchism vs. Marxism in the Russian Revolution. A Review of Recent Literature . International Labor and Working-Class History . 9 . 28–37 . 1976 . 9 . 10.1017/S0147547900016082 . 0147-5479 . 27671203 . 143620019 . mdy-all . free .
• News: The Unknown Revolution 1917–1921 . . 736 . July 1975 . English . 0009-4978 . . mdy-all .
• Thompson . John M. . La Révolution Inconnue, 1917-1921: Documentation Inédite Sur La Révolution Russe. by Voline . . 31 . 1 . 165–166 . 1972 . 10.2307/2494166 . 0037-6779 . 2494166 . 165040777 . mdy-all . free .

External links

• Full text from Bibliothèque nationale de France
• Fredy Perlman's English translation of The Unknown Revolution via Libcom.org
• Iain McKay's Introduction to PM Press's 2019 edition of The Unknown Revolution.

Notes and References

1. News: Two classic texts of the history of the Russian Revolution... . . 3569 . 816 . 1970-07-23 . . 0307-661X . mdy-all .
2. Roberts . Henry L. . Recent Books on International Relations . Foreign Affairs . 34 . 1 . 163 . 1955 . 10.2307/20031149 . 0015-7120 . 20031149 . mdy-all .
3. News: Roberts . Henry L. . Recent Books on International Relations . . 35 . 2 . 363 . January 1957 . en . 0015-7120 . . 10.2307/20031231 . 20031231 .