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The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

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The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
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  • The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

    22.b - Declaration of the Rights of the Toiling and Exploited People

    2026/2/16 | 7 mins.
    Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/declarat.htm
  • The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

    22.a - Theses on the Constituent Assembly

    2026/2/16 | 12 mins.
    Source: https://leninism.su/works/74-tom-35/1583-tezisy-ob-uchretitelnom-sobranii.html
  • The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

    22 - The Life and Death of the Constituent Assembly

    2026/2/16 | 1h 4 mins.
    This one is in the title, folks.
    Please consider supporting me on Patreon! patreon.com/sovietpod
    Sources:
    Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007.
    Znamensky, O. N. Vserossiiskoe Uchrezhditelnoe Sobranie: Istoria Sozyva i Krushenia. Nauka Publshers, 1976.
    Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1923. Haymarket Books, 2012.
    Carr, E. H. The Bolshevik Revolution: 1917-1923, vol. I. Pelican Books, 1966.
  • The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

    21 - The Origins of the Cheka

    2026/1/24 | 50 mins.
    The Cheka: vehicle of Communist oppression, or shield and sword of the revolution?

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    Sources:

    Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007.

    Golinkov, D. L. Krushenie antisovietsogo podpolya v SSSR, 1917-1925 gg. Izdatelstvo politicheskoi literatury, Moskva, 1975
  • The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

    Year 1 In Review

    2026/1/18 | 14 mins.
    Our show turns 1 year old today!

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About The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

We are often told the USSR was an oppressive, authoritarian society, lacking freedom and democracy. There were endless purges that claimed the lives of millions of “dissidents,” purges that were designed for one thing and one thing only: to keep power in the hands of those who wielded it.And as we all know, the economy was based on socialist and communist principles, which is why it barely functioned at all. There were endless famines, genocides against minorities within the nation, and an industrial base that was constantly tottering on the edge of collapse.But instead of trying to address these issues at home, the leaders of the USSR were fixated only on world domination, on spreading communism in order to destroy freedom around the world. From Europe and Asia to Latin America and Africa, the Communists were a threat to freedom the world over.…. Or were they?Learn the story of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic you’ve never heard! What was life really like in the Soviet Union? How authoritarian was it? Did a “totalitarian” state really exist? How did the economy function to meet the needs of its citizens? How were the governing apparatus structured? And were the Soviets hell-bent on world domination…. Or world liberation? Or neither?Subscribe to find out!
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