''The Unknown Revolution'' is a 1947 history of the
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...
by
Voline
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum (russian: Все́волод Миха́йлович Эйхенба́ум; 11 August 188218 September 1945), commonly known by his psuedonym Volin (russian: Во́лин), was a Russian anarchist intellectual. H ...
.
Publication
Voline finished the book in 1940 while in
Marseilles
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
. 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
Daniel Guérin (; 19 May 1904, in Paris – 14 April 1988, in Suresnes) was a French libertarian-communist author, best known for his work '' Anarchism: From Theory to Practice'', as well as his collection ''No Gods No Masters: An Anthology of ...
and
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Jean-Jacques Lebel (born in Paris on June 30, 1936) is a French artist. His father was also a poet, translator, poetry publisher, political activist, art collector, and art historian. Besides his heterogeneous artworks and poetry, Lebel is also k ...
.
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,
and the second volume, ''The Unknown Revolution: Kronstadt 1921, Ukraine 1918–21'', in 1956.
Reception and legacy
Historian of anarchism
Paul Avrich
Paul Avrich (August 4, 1931 – February 16, 2006) was a historian of the 19th and early 20th century anarchist movement in Russia and the United States. He taught at Queens College, City University of New York, for his entire career, from 1961 ...
wrote that Voline's book was "the most important anarchist history of the Russian Revolution in any language".
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External links
Full text from
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Fredy Perlman's English translation of
The Unknown Revolution' via
Libcom.org
libcom.org is an online platform featuring a variety of libertarian communist essays, blog posts, and archives, primarily in English. It was founded in 2005 by editors in the United States and the United Kingdom. Libcom.org also has a forum and ...
*Iain McKay'
Introductionto
PM Press's 2019 edition of ''The Unknown Revolution.''
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1947 non-fiction books
French-language books
History books about anarchism
History books about the Russian Revolution
History books about Ukraine
Kronstadt
Translations into English