28 Episodes

  1. Episode 17 - Lessons to be Learned

    Published: 9/28/2025

  2. Episode 16 - Filling in the Blanks

    Published: 9/26/2025

  3. Episode 15, supplemental b - Address of the Second All-Russian Congress

    Published: 9/3/2025

  4. Episode 15, supplemental a - To the Garrison of the City of Petrograd and the Surrounding Areas

    Published: 9/3/2025

  5. Episode 15 - Checkmate

    Published: 9/3/2025

  6. Episode 14 supplemental: The Bolshevik Central Committee Resolution of 10 October

    Published: 7/30/2025

  7. Episode 14 - On The Eve

    Published: 7/30/2025

  8. Episode 13 supplemental - The Life of Natasha Morozova

    Published: 7/6/2025

  9. Episode 13 - The People on the Brink

    Published: 7/6/2025

  10. **Announcement** “The Sickle and the Hammer” guest spots!

    Published: 6/15/2025

  11. **Announcement** Patreon page updates!

    Published: 6/14/2025

  12. Episode 12 - Building Momentum

    Published: 5/27/2025

  13. Episode 11 - The People’s Defense

    Published: 5/12/2025

  14. Episode 10 - Kerensky’s Farce

    Published: 4/24/2025

  15. Episode 9 - Reaction and Recovery

    Published: 4/14/2025

  16. Episode 8 - June and July

    Published: 4/3/2025

  17. Episode 7 - The People and the Party

    Published: 3/24/2025

  18. Episode 6, supplemental a - Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies Order Number 1

    Published: 3/13/2025

  19. Episode 6, supplemental b - Address of the Soviet to the Peoples of the Entire World

    Published: 3/13/2025

  20. Episode 6, supplemental c - The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Current Revolution

    Published: 3/13/2025

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