“Mirrors of Moscow” by Louise Bryant is a collection of journalistic sketches and profiles that examines the political and social atmosphere of revolutionary Russia. Published in 1923, the book provides an insightful, though subjective, portrayal of the key figures and events that shaped Soviet Russia in the aftermath of the 1917 Revolution.

With five illustrations by Césare

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Contents

Foreword

Lenin and His Subordinates
Jacob Peters, Feodor S. Dzerzhinsky, and the Extraordinary Commission
Anatoly Vasilievich Lunacharsky and Russian Culture
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin and the Peasants
Madame Alexandra Kollontai and the Woman’s Movement
Leon Trotsky, Soviet Warlord
Enver Pasha and the Mohammedans
Tikhon and the Russian Church
Chicherin, Commissar for Foreign Affairs, and His Subordinates
Maxim Litvinov, Assistant Commissar
Leonid Krassin and Subordinates