REED, J.: Ten Days that Shook the World (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Reed, John, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Ten Days That Shook the World ( 11 min., 56 sec. )

Notes and Explanations ( 12 min., 10 sec. )

Popular organizations ( 11 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter 1 ( 09 min., 58 sec. )

There remains a phenomenon which puzzled foreign... ( 10 min., 01 sec. )

September and October are the worst months of... ( 10 min., 13 sec. )

Chapter 2 ( 09 min., 34 sec. )

In the barracks, the factories, on the street-corners... ( 10 min., 21 sec. )

On the extreme right the organs of the scarcely-veiled... ( 10 min., 26 sec. )

Smolny Institute, headquarters of the Tsay-ee-kah... ( 09 min., 23 sec. )

Under date of October 29th I find entered in my... ( 09 min., 47 sec. )

Chapter 3 ( 09 min., 58 sec. )

In the Council of the Republic Kerensky declared that... ( 09 min., 46 sec. )

On October 25th, behind closed doors, the Central... ( 10 min., 45 sec. )

Outside a chill, damp wind came from the west... ( 07 min., 32 sec. )

As I crossed the Palace Square several batteries of... ( 10 min., 38 sec. )

Rabochi i Soldat was just out, all its front page one... ( 11 min., 11 sec. )

Chapter 4 ( 10 min., 32 sec. )

Just inside a couple of soldiers stood on guard... ( 08 min., 56 sec. )

The massive facade of Smolny blazed with lights as... ( 10 min., 36 sec. )

But suddenly a new sound made itself heard... ( 10 min., 03 sec. )

Kameniev jangled the bell, shouting, 'Keep your...' ( 09 min., 37 sec. )

After a few minutes huddling there, some hundreds... ( 10 min., 14 sec. )

We came out into the cold, nervous night... ( 10 min., 51 sec. )

Chapter 5 ( 09 min., 49 sec. )

Novaya Zhizn, while pleading for a new Government... ( 10 min., 02 sec. )

As we left the Duma building two boy scouts were... ( 09 min., 47 sec. )

Other speakers followed, apparently without any... ( 10 min., 23 sec. )

Then one after another, amid rising enthusiasm... ( 10 min., 28 sec. )

The Left Socialist Revolutionaries proposed a... ( 10 min., 46 sec. )

In spite of the revolutionary exaltation of the... ( 08 min., 57 sec. )

Chapter 6 ( 11 min., 43 sec. )

The hall rose, cheering, with kindling eyes. ( 10 min., 56 sec. )

The door of the great Mikhailovsky Riding-School... ( 10 min., 49 sec. )

From time to time couriers came from the telephone... ( 11 min., 53 sec. )

Chapter 7 ( 08 min., 40 sec. )

News from the provinces. Moghilev had declared... ( 09 min., 24 sec. )

Before the door of Smolny was an automobile. ( 10 min., 08 sec. )

We wandered on up the street, where the lights... ( 09 min., 54 sec. )

Chapter 8 ( 12 min., 40 sec. )

Far away still sounded occasional shots, but the city... ( 11 min., 20 sec. )

Meanwhile all was not well on the revolutionary front. ( 11 min., 16 sec. )

'Will the Bolsheviki be admitted into the new...' ( 11 min., 13 sec. )

Chapter 9 ( 08 min., 53 sec. )

In the upstairs buffet so thick they lay that one could... ( 10 min., 06 sec. )

Just then came a knock on the door. It opened... ( 08 min., 35 sec. )

Baklanov was formally taking over the office from... ( 08 min., 35 sec. )

It was dark when we came to the barracks of the... ( 09 min., 25 sec. )

Chapter 10 ( 10 min., 17 sec. )

The station at Moscow was deserted. We went to... ( 09 min., 28 sec. )

Late in the night we went through the empty streets... ( 09 min., 18 sec. )

Chapter 11 ( 09 min., 55 sec. )

Meanwhile the Vikzhel's Conference to Form a New... ( 09 min., 36 sec. )

Trotsky spoke at length in favor of the resolution. ( 11 min., 27 sec. )

The response from the whole country was like a blast... ( 08 min., 43 sec. )

On the 22nd of November the walls of the city were... ( 10 min., 11 sec. )

On November 27th a committee of Cossacks came to... ( 09 min., 55 sec. )

Chapter 12 ( 09 min., 55 sec. )

On the third day Lenin suddenly mounted the tribune... ( 09 min., 47 sec. )

Followed him Lenin, listened to now with absorbing... ( 10 minutes, 42 sec. )

In the meanwhile, in the great hall Ustinov had... ( 09 minches, 40 sec. )

Participant:

Sims, Adam, Reader -- Reed, John, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781781983270

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Restricted for use by site license.