The History of the Civil War in the USSR, Volume Two - The Great Proletarian Revolution (October-November 1917)
Author(s): Maxim Gorky, Kliment Voroshilov, Sergei Kirov, Andrei Zhdanov, Joseph Stalin
Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House
Year: 1947
Language: English
Pages: 651
City: Moscow
Chapter One: The Crisis Has Matured
1. Lenin's Call for Insurrection - 13
2. The Course is Set for Insurrection - 28
3. The Bolshevik Party's Directions - 34
4. The Congress of Soviets of the Northern Region - 44
Chapter Two: The Organisation of the Assault
1. Winning the Majority in the Country - 53
2. The Petrograd Bolsheviks Prepare for the Assault - 60
3. The Moscow Bolsheviks Prepare for Insurrection - 68
4. The Volga Region - 87
5. In the Don Region - 96
6. In the Urals - 101
7. In Siberia - 110
8. The Difficulties of the Struggle to Transfer Power to the Soviets in the National and Border Regions - 119
9. The Ukraine - 122
10. In the North Caucasus - 136
11. In Byelorussia - 143
12. The Baltic Provinces - 156
13. Transcaucasia - 161
14. Central Asia - 167
Chapter Three: The Preparations for the Armed Insurrection in Petrograd
1. The Central Committeee of the Bolshevik Party as the Organiser of the Insurrection - 175
2. Treachery - 188
3. The Eve of the Decisive Battle - 195
Chapter Four: The Insurrection in Petrograd
1. The Beginning of the Insurrection - 215
2. At Counter-Revolutionary Headquarters - 229
3. At the Staff Headquarters of the Revolution - 238
4. The Flight of Kerensky - 254
5. October 25 (November 7) - The First Day of the Victorious Socialist Revolution - 259
6. The Siege of the Winter Palace - 271
7. Capture of the Winter Palace - 280
8. The October Insurrection - a Classical Example of a Victorious Proletarian Insurrection - 292
Chapter Five: The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets
1. The Opening of the Congress - 299
2. The Decrees of the Great Proletarian Revolution - 311
Chapter Six: The Suppression of the Anti-Soviet Mutiny
1. The Counter-Revolutionary Insurrection Against the Soviet Government - 325
2. The Counter-Revolutionary March on Petrograd - 338
3. The Cadets' Revolt Against the Soviets in Petrograd - 352
4. Proletarian Petrograd in the Fight Against the Whiteguards - 364
5. The Suppression of the Kerensky-Krasnov Mutiny - 375
Chapter Seven: The Proletarian Revolution in Moscow
1. The Beginning of the Insurrection - 393
2. Negotiations with the Whites - 407
3. The Whites' Ultimatum - 411
4. The Surrender of the Kremlin - 422
5. The Revolutionary Troops Pass to the Offensive - 434
6. Armistice - 449
7. The Resumption of Hostilities - 459
8. The Defeat of the Counter-Revolution - 463
9. The Capitulation of the Whites - 472
Chapter Eight: The Proletarian Revolution at the Front
1. At General Headquarters - 479
2. The October Days on the Northern Front - 483
3. The October Days on the Western Front - 496
4. The Course of the Revolution on the South-Western, Rumanian and Caucasian Fronts - 519
5. The Dissolution of General Headquarters - 531
Chapter Nine: Organisation of the Government
1. Rout of the Defeatist Bloc - 543
2. Combating Starvation and Sabotage - 558
3. The Amalgamation of the Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies - 569
4. The Counter-Revolutionary Sortie of the Constitutional Democrats - 575
5. The Break-Up of the Bourgeois State Machine and the Building of the Soviet Adminstration - 582
6. The Military Revolutionary Committee - 599
Appendices
List of References - 607
Index of Names - 632
List of Newspapers Quoted in This Volume - 639
Chronology of Important Events - 641
