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Brimming with the honesty and passionate conviction for which he has become famous, Victor Serges account of the first year of the Russian Revolutionthrough all of its achievements and challengescaptures both the heroism of the mass upsurge that gave birth to soviet democracy, and the crippling circumstances that began to chip away at its historic gains. Year One of the Russian Revolution is Serges attempt to defend the early days of the revolution against those, like Stalin, who would claim its legacy as justification for the repression of dissent within Russia.