Revolutionary Babylon. Kiev October 1917. Chronicle of events
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Revolutionary Babylon. Kiev October 1917. Chronicle of events
9.99 €
A comparison with the Old Testament Tower of Babel and the confusion of languages is fully appropriate to characterize Kiev in October 1917. One of the largest cities of the former Russian Empire was rapidly plunging into the chaos of the Civil War that revolutionary year. Citizens of one country suddenly stopped understanding each other, and there was a "mixture of languages": the defenders of the overthrown Provisional Government, Ukrainian and Russian Bolsheviks, Ukrainian nationalists, various right-wing and left-wing parties. And all were fighting for power in the city with weapons in their hands. In addition to Czechs, Slovaks and Serbs, who by chance found themselves in the city and became unwilling participants in the terrible and bloody drama. And, of course, hundreds of thousands of citizens who became hostages and victims of the political struggle that erupted in the streets of their city. This book offers its own version of the story of the revolutionary events in Kiev that took place at the end of 1917. The various opposing forces left behind a vast number of memoirs and documents. Some of which all this time existed in parallel, without being subjected to comparative analysis. Each opposing side described what was happening in its own way, thus creating myths that often contradicted the facts and documents. Of particular interest are the documents that, due to circumstances, were previously unknown in Russia. A comparative analysis of all the collected sources allowed a more objective and comprehensive description of the events that took place in October 1917 in Kiev.
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