Indisputably one of the crucial moments of the 20th century, the Russian Revolution has nonetheless been interpreted in many different ways. Considering this event from various points across the political spectrum, this anthology collects accounts by Leon Trotsky, Isaac Babel, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Nina Berberova, Victor Serge, and other Russian writers. Many foreign authors experienced this turbulent time firsthand, so here too are contributions by Langston Hughes, H.G. Wells, John Reed, Somerset Maugham, Theodore Dreiser, Walter Benjamin, and Emma Goldman.