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Memories of Lenin
FIRST Panther EDITION 1970 softcover, free tracking number, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; underling and marginalia; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201605690ucb Nadezhda Konstantinovna "Nadya" Krupskaya (26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1869 – 27 February 1939) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician (she served as the Soviet Union's Deputy Minister of Education from 1929 until her death in 1939), and the wife of Vladimir Lenin from 1898 until his death in 1924. As a devoted, lifelong student, Krupskaya began to participate in several discussion circles. These groups got together to study and discuss particular topics for the benefit of everyone involved. It was later, in one of these circles, that Krupskaya was first introduced to the theories of Marx. It was at a similar discussion circle that Krupskaya first met Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, a dedicated Marxist who later came to be called Lenin. Krupskaya was impressed by his speeches but not his personality, at least at first. It is hard to know very much of the courtship between Lenin and Krupskaya as neither party spoke often of personal matters. In October 1896, several months after Lenin was arrested, Krupskaya was also arrested. After some time, Lenin was sentenced to exile in Siberia. It suggested that she could be permitted to join him in Siberia if she told people she was his fiancée. At that time, Krupskaya was still awaiting sentencing in Siberia. Krupskaya was permitted to accompany Lenin but only if they were married as soon as she arrived. In her memoirs, Krupskaya notes "with him even such a job as translation was a labour of love." Her relationship with Lenin was more professional than marital, but she remained loyal, never once considering divorce. Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.)
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320 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1970
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September 2, 2018
Written by Krupskaya, Lenin's wife and fellow revolutionary "Social democrat", this book gives a fascinating view of Lenin's development and life as a revolutionary.
Starting at the close of the 19th century, she documents the early days of the St Petersburg league of struggle and the clandestine way in which Marxists were forced to work in order to speak to and work with the working class masses.
The tsarist autocracy made all political work and agitation strictly illegal and they were forced to adopt secret "underground" methods of struggle. Circles of revolutionaries operated in isolation from each other. Communication and production of literature were difficult and primitive. Arrests and exile were frequent.
Passing through their first period of internal exile, deep in the interiors of Russia (when the young couple were married), they realised they must go abroad to have the liberty to write and develop the struggle. Some stable venue abroad was needed to guide the work and help form a united revolutionary party from the chaotic work of the circles. From there they would smuggle their literature back into Russia to guide the workers struggle for freedom and better conditions of life - to overthrow mediaeval tsarism, and win democracy; to overthrow the senescent rule of the capitalists and win socialism.
The book is compelling reading for anyone who has even a passing knowledge of Marxism, Leninism, or the Russian revolution and gives a useful descriptive summary of the work Lenin and the Bolsheviks took in producing a paper, analysing revolutionary prospects and European life and politics. Detailed accounts of events leading to the 1905 revolution and the ensuing period of reaction are given.
Events leading to WW1, the collapse of the second international, and at last the rising of the revolutionary tide that swept away Despotic Tsarism in February 1917.
A first hand account is given of the sealed train that repatriated Lenin and his comrades from their exile in Switzerland to take part in the revolutionary days following the fall of the Tsar, Even as Lenin is writing his work on "Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism".
Lenin's April theses: that power should pass to the Soviets, led by the Bolsheviks, overturning a provisional government intent on pursuing the War to protect profits of the rich capitalist class, In Russia, Britain and France.
The July days, the outlawing of the Bolsheviks, Lenin in Hiding once more - and then the time is right: the Bolsheviks resolve to launch the socialist revolution: but can they hold power? Occupied with these questions on the eve of the revolution, Lenin writes the seminal revolutionary work "the State & Revolution". The closing chapter was abandoned when news of the successful rising reached him, for in his own words "it is more uplifting to take part in a revolution, than to write about one"
Krupskaya's account ends on the morning of November 7 1917, when the military centre of the Central committee of the RSDLP (Bolshevik) has won power, overthrowing the provisional government and passing that power immediately to the second all Russian congress of Soviets of workers, Peasants and soldiers deputies.
A new age has dawned. The era of the proletarian revolutions. The era of the rule of the working masses themselves.
Starting at the close of the 19th century, she documents the early days of the St Petersburg league of struggle and the clandestine way in which Marxists were forced to work in order to speak to and work with the working class masses.
The tsarist autocracy made all political work and agitation strictly illegal and they were forced to adopt secret "underground" methods of struggle. Circles of revolutionaries operated in isolation from each other. Communication and production of literature were difficult and primitive. Arrests and exile were frequent.
Passing through their first period of internal exile, deep in the interiors of Russia (when the young couple were married), they realised they must go abroad to have the liberty to write and develop the struggle. Some stable venue abroad was needed to guide the work and help form a united revolutionary party from the chaotic work of the circles. From there they would smuggle their literature back into Russia to guide the workers struggle for freedom and better conditions of life - to overthrow mediaeval tsarism, and win democracy; to overthrow the senescent rule of the capitalists and win socialism.
The book is compelling reading for anyone who has even a passing knowledge of Marxism, Leninism, or the Russian revolution and gives a useful descriptive summary of the work Lenin and the Bolsheviks took in producing a paper, analysing revolutionary prospects and European life and politics. Detailed accounts of events leading to the 1905 revolution and the ensuing period of reaction are given.
Events leading to WW1, the collapse of the second international, and at last the rising of the revolutionary tide that swept away Despotic Tsarism in February 1917.
A first hand account is given of the sealed train that repatriated Lenin and his comrades from their exile in Switzerland to take part in the revolutionary days following the fall of the Tsar, Even as Lenin is writing his work on "Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism".
Lenin's April theses: that power should pass to the Soviets, led by the Bolsheviks, overturning a provisional government intent on pursuing the War to protect profits of the rich capitalist class, In Russia, Britain and France.
The July days, the outlawing of the Bolsheviks, Lenin in Hiding once more - and then the time is right: the Bolsheviks resolve to launch the socialist revolution: but can they hold power? Occupied with these questions on the eve of the revolution, Lenin writes the seminal revolutionary work "the State & Revolution". The closing chapter was abandoned when news of the successful rising reached him, for in his own words "it is more uplifting to take part in a revolution, than to write about one"
Krupskaya's account ends on the morning of November 7 1917, when the military centre of the Central committee of the RSDLP (Bolshevik) has won power, overthrowing the provisional government and passing that power immediately to the second all Russian congress of Soviets of workers, Peasants and soldiers deputies.
A new age has dawned. The era of the proletarian revolutions. The era of the rule of the working masses themselves.
February 7, 2023
It is hard for any book about Lenin—one of the great men of history—to be totally bankrupt. But, this book far too often becomes a repetition of dates and names, rather than saying anything substantial.
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August 24, 2019Lenin's Wife Nadejda Krupskaya wrote and published "Memories of Lenin" after Lenin's Death. Krupskaya, in her book, tells a lot of things about Lenin's life since their youth. Lenin and Nadejda Krupskaya worked in Russia Social Democrat Worker's Party, then in Bolshevik Party-Communist of Russia. So, Krupskaya wrote about Lenin's "political" ve "social" works, like meetings, visits, writings, Congresses, travels etc. Krupskaya writes Lenin's private life and family life in detail. Krupskaya explains Lenin's leadership experiences and successions related with Russian and European (then, all the world!) causes, people and sources in "Memories of Lenin" -Krupskaya thinks and tries to understand Lenin's "global" ("international") leadership of Communist and Socialist Movements in the 20. Century.
August 7, 2024
Essential reading in order to fully understand the thinking of Lenin.
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