Seventeen about '17

This cover contains stories by seventeen Russian writers about '17—not a calendar date, but a great historical event, the significance of which remains unexplained even a century later. What was it—the Great Catastrophe, the Great Victory? Or is nothing over yet, and does the revolution truly have no end, as they sang in a Soviet song? Famous writers and authors at the beginning of their creative paths paint their own October—unexpected, unlike others, but always vibrant and interesting.

A Dozen Words about October

Today, in 2017, a century after the Winter and Moscow Uprisings, the October Revolution continues to spark debate. Was it inevitable? Why did one period in the history of the great Russian power give way to another only through the bloodshed of civil war? What was the impact of October on the course of world history? In this collection, as in 'Seventeen about the Seventeenth,' writers recount October and its echoes in Odessa and Chukotka, Paris and an Arkhangelsk village, a hundred years ago and today.