The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

By DanielHistory

The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union episodes

September 06 29 - Setting the Stage II - Civil War Edition!
Forget Marvel. This is the Socialist Cinematic Universe!
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Sources:
Veller, M. I. and Burovsky, A. M. Grazhdanskay Istoria Bezumnoi Voiny. Izdatelstvo ACT, Moskva, 2007.
Istoria Grazhdanskoi Voiny v SSSR, vol. 3. Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the Central Bureau of the KPSS. Published by the State Publisher of Political Literature, Mosvka, 1958. PDF downloaded from leninism.su.
52 min
July 06 28 - Economy? What Economy?
“In order for economic development to take place, one must first have an economy.” - Karl Vladimir Stalin, 2026
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Sources:
Carr, E. H. The Bolsheviks Revolution: 1917-1923, vol. 2. Pelican Books, 1966
Nove, Alec. An Economic History of the Soviet Union: 1917-1991. Penguin Books, 1992.
Dobb, Maurice. Soviet Economic Development since 1917. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1948.
Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1923. 1976, republished by Haymarket Books, 2004.
“The Soviet Union: Facts, Descriptions, Statistics.” Soviet Union Information Bureau, Washington, DC. 1929. Found on marxist.org
1 hr 11 min
June 07 27.a - The Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia
Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/peoples.htm
5 min
June 07 27 - Introduction to the National Question
What attitude ought socialists and communists have to the question of national self-determination? Survey says: Ask Lenin and Stalin!
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Sources:
Natsional’ny Vopros v Nashei Programme - V. I. Lenin, published in “Iskra” 15 July 1903
Kriticheskie zametki o natsional’nom voproce - V. I. Lenin, published in “Prosveshchenie”, November-December 1913
Rabochii klass i natsional’ny vopros - V. I. Lenin, published in “Pravda” 10 May 1913
Nuzhen li obyazatelny yazyk? - V. I. Lenin, published in “Proletarskaya Pravda” 18 January 1914
O Prave Natsii Na Samoopredelenie - V. I. Lenin, 1914
O Natsional’noi Gordosti Velikorossov - V. I. Lenin, published in “Sotsial-Demokrat”, 12 December 1914
Revoliutsionny Proletariat i Pravo Natsii na Samoopredelenie - V. I. Lenin, 16 October 1915
Marksizm i Natsional’ny Vopros, J. V. Stalin, 1906.
Texts found on leninism.su and marxist.org
58 min
April 27 26 - Epilogue to Brest-Litovsk
The narrative is over. Now comes the fun part: analysis!
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40 min
April 20 25.a - The Socialist Fatherland Is In Danger!
Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/opasnost.htm
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5 min
April 20 25 - An Unacceptable Peace, Ratified
The saga of ending Soviet Russia’s participation in World War 1 comes to an end.
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Sources:
Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007.
Gluckstein, Donny. The Tragedy of Bukharin. Pluto Press, 1994.
“Sedmoi S’ezd RKP(b).” Bolshaya Sovietskaya Entsiklopedia, 3rd edition. Accessed via booksite.ru
“Brestskii Mir.” Bolshaya Sovietskaya Entsiklopedia, 3rd edition. Accessed via booksite.ru
“Chresvychainy Chetvyorty Vserossiiskii S’ezd Sovietov.” Bolshaya Sovietskaya Entsiklopedia, 3rd edition. Accessed via booksite.ru
1 hr 3 min
March 28 24.a - Theses on the Question of the Immediate Conclusion of a Separate and Annexationist Peace
Source: https://uaio.ru/vil/35.htm
22 min
March 28 24 - An Unacceptable Peace, Accepted
To fight or not to fight… that is the question!
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Sources:
Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007.
Gluckstein, Donny. The Tragedy of Bukharin. Pluto Press, 1994.
Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1924. Republished by Haymarket Books, 2012.
Veller, M. and Burovskii, A. Grazhdanskaya Istoria Bezumnoi Voiny. Izdatelstvo ACT Moskva, 2007.
58 min
March 05 23 - Prologue to Brest-Litovsk
It’s that episode on the international aspects of the Russian Revolution you’ve been waiting for!
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Source:
Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007.
49 min

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We are often told the USSR was an oppressive, authoritarian society, lacking freedom and democracy. There were endless purges that claimed the lives of millions of “dissidents,” purges that were…