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My Disillusionment in Russia

My Disillusionment in Russia

Emma Goldman

Paperback

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ISBN10: 9355228570
ISBN13: 9789355228574
Publisher: Classy Publishing
Published: Mar 28 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
My Disillusionment in Russia is a powerful, firsthand account by the world-renowned anarchist Emma Goldman. After being deported from the United States in 1919 during the anti-leftist Palmer Raids, Goldman arrived in Soviet Russia with high hopes of seeing a revolutionary utopia in action. Instead, she found a regime that had betrayed its own ideals. This memoir chronicles her two-year journey (1920-1921) as she moved from enthusiastic supporter to vocal critic of the Bolshevik government. The book features her personal interactions and interviews with major figures like Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Maxim Gorky, and Peter Kropotkin. Goldman details her travels across the country as part of a revolutionary museum commission, offering a 'front row seat' to the early Soviet era. In this book, Goldman provides a searing analysis of the gap between revolutionary slogans and the reality of mass starvation, extreme censorship, and the rise of a new ruling elite.

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