September 29, 2001

Leon Trotsky

by Linda DeLaine

1879 - 1940

The Lessons of October
Written in 1924 and published in 1925, Lessons of October was intended to be a preface to Trotsky's writings on Red October, the Revolution of 1917.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1	We Must Study the October Revolution
Chapter 2	The Democratic Dictatorship of the Proletariat and Peasantry - - in February and October
Chapter 3	The Struggle Against War and Defensism
Chapter 4	The April Conference
Chapter 5	The July Days; the Kornilov Episode; the Democatic Conference and the Pre-Parliament
Chapter 6	On the Eve of the October Revolution; the Aftermath
Chapter 7	The October Insurrection and Soviet 'Legality'
Chapter 8	Again, on the Soviets and the Party in a Proletarian Revolution
Chapter 9	Epilogue

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1984: Tetris, invented by Russian programmer Alexei Pajitnov, with help from Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov, released into the world.

1971: First space station docking, two years before the American Skylab. Soyuz 11 was guided automatically to 100 m, then hand-docked to the Salyut 1 scientific station. Crew remained in orbit 23 days, but perished in accident on reentry.

1893: GUM Department Store opened in Moscow

1874: Ivan Moskvin, actor, born (died 1946)

1812: Ivan Goncharov, writer, born (died 1891)

1799: Modern date for celebration of Alexander Pushkin's birthday.

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