New East Digital Archive

Revisiting Revolution

Empire state of mind: the legacy of the Russian Revolution in Central Asia

Empire state of mind: the legacy of the Russian Revolution in Central Asia

China Miéville: an interview with the author and an extract from his new history of 1917

China Miéville: an interview with the author and an extract from his new history of 1917

Witnesses to history: the turmoil of 1917 captured in children’s drawings

Witnesses to history: the turmoil of 1917 captured in children’s drawings

Red and white blues: how the Second World War replaced 1917 as modern Russia's national myth

Red and white blues: how the Second World War replaced 1917 as modern Russia’s national myth

Men with movie cameras: why documentary cinema owes everything to Soviet filmmakers

Men with movie cameras: why documentary cinema owes everything to Soviet filmmakers

Tariq Ali: read an extract from the activist author's new book, The Dilemmas of Lenin

Tariq Ali: read an extract from the activist author’s new book, The Dilemmas of Lenin

Revisiting Revolution: Introduction

Revisiting Revolution: Introduction

No stone unturned: Owen Hatherley on what monuments to the Revolution tell us about 1917

No stone unturned: Owen Hatherley on what monuments to the Revolution tell us about 1917

Poetry in motion: the avant-garde dancers who brought freedom of movement to Russia

Poetry in motion: the avant-garde dancers who brought freedom of movement to Russia

Sea change: how a company of female sailors sparked a gender revolution in 1917

Sea change: how a company of female sailors sparked a gender revolution in 1917

Body language: the many afterlives of Lenin, from art object to science experiment

Body language: the many afterlives of Lenin, from art object to science experiment

Revolutionary reading list: get your head around 1917 with our selection of novels and non-fiction

Revolutionary reading list: get your head around 1917 with our selection of novels and non-fiction

First post the past: Mikhail Zygar on recreating the Russian revolution through social media

First post the past: Mikhail Zygar on recreating the Russian revolution through social media