Ten Days That Shook the World

by John Reed

TEN DAYS THAT
SHOOK THE WORLD
By JOHN REED

BONI AND LIVERIGHT

Copyright, 1919,
By BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A.

CONTENTS

1. PAGE

2. Notes and Explanations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xiii

3. CHAPTER

4. I

   Background ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

5. II

   The Coming Storm ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   17

6. III

   On the Eve ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   42

7. IV

   The Fall of the Provisional Government ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   74

8. V

   Plunging Ahead ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   112

9. VI

   The Committee for Salvation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   147

10. VII

    The Revolutionary Front ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    172

11. VIII

    Counter-Revolution ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    193

12. IX

    Victory ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    218

13. X

    Moscow ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    243

14. XI

    The Conquest of Power ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    260

15. XII

    The Peasants' Congress ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    293

16. Appendices ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    280

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Lenine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   Frontispiece

2. FACING PAGE

3. Tcheidze, Tseretelli, Kameniev, Avksentiev and Schreider ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   40

4. Council of the Russian Republic ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   56

5. Terestchenko ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   72

6. Smolny Institute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   88

7. Podvoisky ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   120

8. Red Guards in Front of Smolny ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   136

9. Kerensky Reviewing His Forces ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   168

10. Leon Trotzky ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    184

11. Outdoor Meeting in Petrograd ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    208

12. Smolny Institute During the Insurrection ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    224

13. Trotzky's Door in Smolny Institute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    232

14. A. Lunatcharsky ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    248

15. A Bolshevik Demonstration ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    272

16. Group of Left Socialist Revolutionary Leaders ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    296

17. Cartoon From Novy Satirikon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    312