Ten Days that Shook the World (book)

Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed, about the October Revolution in Russia 1917 which Reed experienced first-hand. Reed followed many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders, especially Zinoviev and Karl Radek, closely during his time in Russia, and there is no denying that the book sides with the Communists and their standpoints.

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1919 - Socialist - John Reed - October Revolution - Russia - Bolshevik - Zinoviev - Karl Radek

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John Reed died in 1920 shortly after the book was finished, and he is the only American buried by the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, a site normally reserved only for the most prominent Soviet leaders.

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Kremlin Wall - Moscow - Soviet

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After the rise of Stalinism in Russia, Stalin argued that John Reed was wrong on many things in Ten Days that Shook the World, particularly the parts about Leon Trotsky, Stalin?s archenemy. The book portrays Trotsky as the hero of the revolution and only mentions Stalin once. Consequently Stalin banned Reed's book and similarly Trotsky's work.

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Stalinism - Stalin - Leon Trotsky - Banned

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