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Book Review of Ten Days That Shook the World

Ten Days That Shook the World
Ten Days That Shook the World
Author: John Reed
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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The preface is dated 'January 1, 1919' and the introduction 'end of 1919.' "As we came down the Nevsky a little after midday the whole street before the Duma building was crowded with people. Here and there stood Red Guards and sailors, with bayonetted rifles, each one surrounded by about a hundred men and women--clerks, students, shopkeepers, tchinovniki--shaking their fists and bawling insults and menaces. On the other side stood boy-scouts and officers, distributing copies of the Soldatski Golos." Many documents reprinted, but no index.