1st Edition

The Unmentionable Nechaev A Key to Bolshevism

By Michael Prawdin Copyright 1961
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1961 The Unmentionable Nechaev presents a full account of Sergei Nechaev’s extraordinary life. The name of Nechaev is little known today in the western world. Michael Prawdin expounds his teachings and shows the strain of Nechaevism running through the Russian revolutionary movement and the part it played in the success of the Bolshevik revolution. Step by step the author... Read more

Introduction Part I: Nechaev 1. Unrest Among the Students 2. Abroad 3. The Discovery of the Conspiracy 4. In Exile 5. The Trial 6. Arrest and Extradition 7. Convicted of Murder 8. In the Ravelin 9. The Nechaevists Part II: Lenin 10. Ulyanov 11. The Iskra 12. Lenin’s Tactics 13. The Road to Power 14. Nechaev’s Brief Apotheosis Bibliography Index

Biography

Michael Prawdin