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The Bolshevik Myth

The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920–1922) is a book by Alexander Berkman who with his partner Emma Goldman was deported from the USA under the 1918 Anarchist Exclusion Act and shipped to the young Soviet Russia. He describes his experiences in Bolshevik Russia from 1920 to 1922, where he saw the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Written in the form of a diary, The Bolshevik Myth describes how Berkman's initial enthusiasm for the revolution faded as he became disillusioned with the Bolsheviks and their suppression of all political dissent.

This book is interesting to compare with Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace. Last Message to the People of America written by Goldman and Berkman on the eve of their deportation.
(Summary by Wikipedia and Mark Chulsky)

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Preface (SimonParent)
The Log of the Transport “Buford” (elibishop)
On Soviet Soil (Hindbridge)
In Petrograd (Hindbridge)
Moscow (Alan Mapstone)
The Guest House (XavierVO27)
Tchicherin and Karakhan (Jonathan Miller)
The Market (Jonathan Miller)
In the Moskkommune (KalenXI)
The Club on the Tverskaya (KalenXI)
A Visit to Peter Kropotkin (XavierVO27)
Bolshevik Activities (XavierVO27)
Sights and Views (XavierVO27)
Lenin (Steven Jon Peterson)
On the Latvian Border (lightcrystal)
Back in Petrograd (elibishop)
Rest Homes for Workers (Andy Glover)
The First of May (Lynette Caulkins)
The British Labor Mission (Richa Jain)
The Spirit of Fanaticism (Jonathan Miller)
Other People (Jonathan Miller)
En Route to the Ukraina (Jonathan Miller)
First Days in Kharkov (elibishop)
In Soviet Institutions (elibishop)
Yossif the Emigrant (elibishop)
Nestor Makhno (elibishop)
Prison and Concentration Camp (mleigh)
Further South (Brize C)
Fastov the Pogromed (Alex Kameleon)
Kiev (wriggleo)
In Various Walks (elibishop)
The Tcheka (MrRoarke865)
Odessa: Life and Vision (elibishop)
Dark People (Lynette Caulkins)
A Bolshevik Trial (mleigh)
Returning to Petrograd (Kierkegaard)
In the Far North (Marie Christian)
Early Days of 1921 (Kierkegaard)
Kronstadt (Dan)
Last Links in the Chain (elibishop)
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