Voline Archive


The Unknown Revolution, Book One


Written: 1947.
Source: RevoltLib.com.
Transcription/Markup: Andy Carloff
Online Source: RevoltLib.com; 2021


  1. Introduction: Some Essential Preliminary Notes
  2. Preface
  3. Voline (1882–1945)
  4. Part 1, Chapter 1: Russia at the Beginning of the 19th Century; Birth of the Revolution
  5. Part 1, Chapter 2: Repression, Violence and Failure; Development Continues (1825-1855)
  6. Part 1, Chapter 3: Reforms; Resumption of the Revolution “The Failure of Czarism” and the Failure of Revolution; Reaction (1855-1881)
  7. Part 1, Chapter 4: The End of the Century; Marxism; Rapid Evolution; Reaction (1881-1900)
  8. Part 1, Chapter 5: The 20th Century; Hasty Development; Revolutionary Advance; Results (1900-1905)
  9. Part 2, Chapter 1: The Gaponist Epic; First General Strike
  10. Part 2, Chapter 2: The Birth of the "Soviets"
  11. Part 2, Chapter 3: The Disastrous War; Victory of a Revolutionary Strike
  12. Part 2, Chapter 4: Defeat of the Revolution; Evaluation of the Jolt
  13. Part 2, Chapter 5: The "Pause" (1905–1917)
  14. Part 3, Chapter 1: War and Revolution
  15. Part 3, Chapter 2: Triumph of the Revolution
  16. Part 3, Chapter 3: Toward the Social Revolution
  17. Part 3, Chapter 4: Toward a Socialist Government; The Poverty of Socialism
  18. Part 3, Chapter 5: The Bolshevik Revolution