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Russia in the Shadows

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
By H. G. Wells
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The author records a fortnight in postwar Russia, chiefly Petersburg and Moscow, combining travel impressions, political analysis, and encounters with leading figures. He describes urban collapse and scarcity, the remnants of imperial administration, and daily life under rationing; examines Bolshevik organization, ideology, and leadership, including a lengthy conversation with Lenin; surveys cultural life and revolutionary conferences; and considers the Communist Party's achievements and limitations in restoring order and pursuing revolutionary aims amid economic disintegration.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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I Street Scenery in Petersburg: Site of Demolished Wooden House Frontispiece
 
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II Street Scenery in Petersburg 24
 
  Mr. Wells Discovers a Street under Repair 24
 
III A Petersburg Street Car En Route 33
 
  Messrs. Lenin and Wells in Conversation 33
 
IV Gorky in the Great Dump of Art and Virtuosity in Petersburg 56
 
V The Statue of Marx outside the Smolny Institute (Headquarters of the Communist Party) 73
 
VI The Baku Conference Swears Undying Hostility to Capitalism and British Imperialism: Zenovieff, Radek and Bela Kun 92
 
VII The Baku Conference Swears Undying Hostility to Capitalism and British Imperialism: The Body of the Hall 93
 
VIII Proletarians of Asia à la Baku 112
 
IX Guests at the Home of Rest for Workmen on the Kamenni Ostrof 129
 
X The Petersburg Soviet in Session: Lenin at the Rostrum, Zenovieff and the President, Officials and Official Visitors 148
 
XI Lenin, Gorky, Zorin, Zenovieff and Radek 165