Author Description

As One Of The Few British Journalists In Russia To Experience And Report The Events Of The The Russian Revolution First Hand, This Book Describes The Deep Economic And Political Crisis Which Devastated The Revolution But Which Did Not Destroy It. Introduction -- The Shortage Of Things -- The Shortage Of Men -- The Communist Dictatorship -- A Conference At Jaroslavl -- The Trade Unions -- The Propaganda Trains -- Saturdayings -- Industrial Conscription -- What The Communists Are Trying To Do In Russia -- Rykov On Economic Plans And On The Transformation Of The Communist Party -- Non-partyism -- Possibilities. Arthur Ransome. First Published: London: Allen & Unwin, 1921 Issued In Slipcase With Title: Arthur Ransome In Revolutionary Russia.