Remembering 1917: the impossible task
As 2017 draws to a close, the centenary of the Russian Revolution — arguably the founding event of the contemporary world — has famously passed off without much fuss. This … Continue reading
December 19, 2017 · Leave a comment
The Commissar (1967): where the revolution went
This great film about the Russian Civil War contains one of the most terrifying scenes in the history of Soviet cinema. A small group of young Jewish children enact a … Continue reading
March 7, 2017 · Leave a comment
1917: the revolution of multitudes
‘Make arrangements for the children,’ said Molotov to his closest friend, Alexander Arosev, shortly before Arosev’s arrest in July 1937. You can read this and have a pure connection with the … Continue reading
October 8, 2015 · Leave a comment
