H.N. Brailsford

How the Soviets Work


Written: 1920-1927
First Published/Source: Vanguard Press, November 1927 (from the Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia), NY. Edited by Jerome Davis (Head of the Department of Social Service, Yale University.). View the Original.
Transcription/Markup: Brian Baggins
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To the sincere men and women of Russia who, despite
prison, exile, and death, burned out their
lives trying to attain freedom, peace,
and brotherhood for the
common people.

Editor's Introduction
Preface
A Factory with a Past
Democracy in the Factory
A Soviet Election
A Village and Its Soviet
The Soviet System
The Soviets At Work
The Nationalities and the Union
The Communist Party
The Dictatorship
Perspectives