Terence Emmons

A fascinating personal account of the Russian revolution in diary format by a university professor. His intellect and observations paint a truly clear and disturbing picture of what it was like to live during the Russian revolution. Covering from July 1917 to July 1922 (with an abrupt ending that is not an ending at all) one gets to see the idiocy and inhumanity of this time as seen by someone who loses almost everything.
The introduction by Terence Emmons who also translated it puts the book into context. Nice short, annotated footnotes occupy the bottom of most pages and give the reader additional information to pursue.
I gave it four stars, but only because I am trying to make five-star ratings rare and exceptional. This is however an exceptional book and worth a read for anyone with an interest in Russian history or the Bolshevik revolution.
Note some of his characterizations of the revolution and its people, including leaders, are raw and pejorative in a racial sense.… (altro)