The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
A Library on Soviet Russia

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A COMPLETE library dealing with
"A Soviet Russia is available for the
Tenth Anniversary of the Revolution
among the publications of Interna-
tional Publishers, 381 Fourth Avenue,
New York. The history of the revo-
lutionary movement, the establish
ment of the Soviet Government, the
! achievements in the various phases of
the social and cultural life during the
past ten years, are all represented
in the books which have been brought
out in order to acquaint the American
readers with the Soviet Union. These
books while taking up separately vari-
Gus phases of Russian revolutionary
history before and after the Revolu-
ton of 1917, give complete picture
of Soviet Russia to-day. Everyone
interested in the Russian Revolution
and its achievements, as we'll as it's
meaning to the world can find a COM
plete story in this library on Soviet
Russia. This library includes the
following books:
MEMOIRS OF A REVOLUTIONIST,
by Vera Figner.-The author, one of
the Oldest living revolutionists now
in her seventy-sixth year, is a pen
sioner of the Soviet State in recog-
milton of her service rendered to the
Revolution during the formative
period of the revolutionary movement.
She joined the revolutionary struggle
back in the seventies. Coming from
an aristeeratic Russian family and
brought up in the famous Smolny
Institute, she early in her youth
joined the revolutionary organization
which later became known as the
Peoples Will Party. She was men,
Der Of the executive committee of this
party when it arranged the assassina-
ton of Tsar Alexander II. for partici-
patton in this assassination of 1881.
Vera Figner spent two years in the
Fortress of st. Paul and twenty years
in the Schusselburg Fortress. In her
memoirs she describes the beginning
of the revolutionary movement in
Russia eliminating in the assassina-
ton of Tsar Alexander II, and the
life which she and the other revolu-
tionists led in the Schlusselburg For
tress. 1t is a wonderful document of
revolutionary history and sacrifice,
which should serve as an inspiration to
all those interested in the cause of
workers emancipation. Vera Figner
wrote the publishers that she liked the
translation of her book and that it was
beautifully published. The book is
recommended particularly for young
people and those interested in the
early history Of the Russian revolu-
tionary movement.
MATERIALISM AND EMPIRIO-
CRITICISM, by V. 1. Lenin.-This
volume which has been published as
the first of the Lenin's collected
works deals with phase of the Rus
sian revolutionary movement after
1905, when some leading Russian
revolutionists wanted to revise some
philosophic conception of MarXism
Lenin saw the danger in this philos-
ophic deviation which was advocated
at that time, and while he was in
exile in Siberia studied the materialist
philosophy and wrote this book in
reply to the revisionists. The book is
published in two editions and other
volumes in this series are promised
soon.
TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE
WORLD, by John Reed.-The author
was an American contribution to the
Russian Revolution of 1917. He died
in Russia at his post as a revolution
list, and the Russian workers have
honored him by burying him beneath
the Kremlin wall, where Lenin and
other heroes of the Russian Revolu-
ton rest. Ten Days that Shook the
World is the greatest epic story of
the Russian Revolution. No such book
has been written or ever will be writ
ten again about the Russian Revolu-
ton. John Reed was a great reporter
and he was on the ground when the
great rising occurred. He tells the
story which Lenin considered as the
best account Of what happened dur
ing the days when Kerensky was
overthrown and the Bolsheviks came
to power. The book, which is now
translated in almost every civilized
language, contains special introduce
ton by Lenin.
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