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. 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... John Jack Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was a journalist and a Communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution called Ten Days that Shook the World. ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евсе́евич Зино́вьев, real name Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky (Радомысльский), also known as Hirsch Apfelbaum), (September 23 [September 11, Old Style], 1883 - August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician. ... Categories: People stubs | 1885 births | 1939 deaths | Old Bolsheviks | Victims of Soviet repressions ...

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. The Kremlin Wall Necropolis (Некрополь у Кремлёвской стены in Russian) is a part of the wall, which surrounds the Moscow Kremlin and overlooks the Red Square, where traditionally the Soviets used to bury the most prominent figures of the USSR and other countries. ... Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskvá) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

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. Stalinism is a brand of political theory, and the political and economic system implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij and Trotzky ) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ... Ban could be: ban, a decree that prohibits something, a form of censorship Ban, a king from Arthurian legend. ...

Preface by Lenin

Ten Days that Shook the World has a short preface written by Lenin himself:

"With the greatest interest and with never slackening attention I read John Reed's book, Ten Days that Shook the World. Unreservedly do I recommend it to the workers of the world. Here is a book which I should like to see published in millions of copies and translated into all languages. It gives a truthful and most vivid exposition of the events so significant to the comprehension of what really is the Proletarian Revolution and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. These problems are widely discussed, but before one can accept or reject these ideas, he must understand the full significance of his decision. John Reed's book will undoubtedly help to clear this question, which is the fundamental problem of the international labor movement.

N. LENIN. End of 1919."

See Also

• Russian Revolution of 1917
• Bolshevism
• Communism

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a political movement in Russia that climaxed in 1917 with the overthrow of the Provisional Government that had replaced the Russian Tsar system, and led to the establishment of the Soviet Union, which lasted until its collapse in 1991. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... This article is about communism as a form of society built around a gift economy, as an ideology that advocates that form of society, and as a popular movement. ...

External links

• Ten Days that Shook the World, from John Reed Internet Archive (http://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/works/1919/10days/index.htm)