The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
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Episode 18 - Shots Fired
Gepubliceerd: 2-11-2025 -
Episode 17 - Lessons to be Learned
Gepubliceerd: 28-9-2025 -
Episode 16 - Filling in the Blanks
Gepubliceerd: 26-9-2025 -
Episode 15, supplemental a - To the Garrison of the City of Petrograd and the Surrounding Areas
Gepubliceerd: 3-9-2025 -
Episode 15, supplemental b - Address of the Second All-Russian Congress
Gepubliceerd: 3-9-2025 -
Episode 15 - Checkmate
Gepubliceerd: 3-9-2025 -
Episode 14 supplemental: The Bolshevik Central Committee Resolution of 10 October
Gepubliceerd: 30-7-2025 -
Episode 14 - On The Eve
Gepubliceerd: 30-7-2025 -
Episode 13 supplemental - The Life of Natasha Morozova
Gepubliceerd: 6-7-2025 -
Episode 13 - The People on the Brink
Gepubliceerd: 6-7-2025 -
**Announcement** “The Sickle and the Hammer” guest spots!
Gepubliceerd: 15-6-2025 -
**Announcement** Patreon page updates!
Gepubliceerd: 14-6-2025 -
Episode 12 - Building Momentum
Gepubliceerd: 27-5-2025 -
Episode 11 - The People’s Defense
Gepubliceerd: 12-5-2025 -
Episode 10 - Kerensky’s Farce
Gepubliceerd: 24-4-2025 -
Episode 9 - Reaction and Recovery
Gepubliceerd: 14-4-2025 -
Episode 8 - June and July
Gepubliceerd: 3-4-2025 -
Episode 7 - The People and the Party
Gepubliceerd: 24-3-2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental a - Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies Order Number 1
Gepubliceerd: 13-3-2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental d - Miliukov’s Note
Gepubliceerd: 13-3-2025
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!
