The 1919 Review

In 1919, like today, Ukraine was the scene of a terrible war. But Ukraine was a very different place, and that was a very different war. Part 1 of an explainer on the various factions that contended for power in Ukraine in 1919 Music: Sergei Prokofiev, 'Battle on the Ice' from Alexander Nevsky (1938) Red Army Choir, 'Tachanka' Polish Traditional Song, _POLKA MUZYKA_ _LA MUSIQUE POLONAISE POPULAIRE_ _POLISH FOLK SONG_ _POLNISCHE VOLKSMUZIK_.mp3 - from Archive.com Intro samples audio from 'Quiet Don' dir. Sergei Gerasimov (1957-8) Audio sampled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81QS5sf8p5Y   Putin says Modern Ukraine was created by communist Russia TRT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zveUHZCvrzc Why is Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine?   Guardian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzK-quAvjcI Ukraine Advances in Kharkiv Region as Russia Retreats  Bloomberg markets and finance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75f_TXmhnHE  Ukraine: Mariupol civilians continue to be evacuated Telesur English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBP-3jULm88  LATEST UPDATES: Ukraine recaptured cities of Izium and Kupiansk  Al Jazeera

The vast region of Siberia is under the control of a fascinating, diverse and horrifying array of White warlords. This episode gives you a run-down on them, before following Kolchak as he goes on the offensive against the Soviet Republic.  Music:  Sergei Prokofiev, 'Battle on the Ice' from Alexander Nevsky (1938) 'Field recording of Mongolian Throat Singing, recorded on May 17, 2017 at Three Camel Lodge, Bulgan Soum, Gobi Desert, Mongolia.' https://archive.org/details/Mongolia20170517. Performers not named. Taped by Jeremy Tregler (2017) Intro samples audio from 'Quiet Don' dir. Sergei Gerasimov (1957-8) Audio sampled:  Dialogue by Richard Jordan, from Dune (1984), dir. David Lynch Narration on Kolchak by Max Eastman, from Tsar to Lenin, dir. Herman Axelbank (1937) 'Here there be monsters' - Geoffrey Rush, from Pirates of the Carribean, dir Gore VErbinski (2005) Score by Maurice Jarre, from Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dir David Lean

May 1918. The Allies, the White Guards and the Rights SR Party join forces and plunge Russia into full-scale civil war. Their key asset: The Czechoslovak Legion. Check out the text version, for images, citations, edits and credits, here: https://1919review.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/05-the-czechoslovak-legion/ Below are audio credits. These pieces do not belong to me but appear under fair use or are in the public domain. Music from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev. Intro speech by Winston Churchill, 1954 Tsar to Lenin (1937, dir Herman Axelbank) Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943, dir. Frank Capra) 'Dancing in the Dark', written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, 1984 'exactly what we didn't want to happen'- sampled from Brass Eye (Pres. Chris Morris, Dir. Tristram Shapeero), Channel 4, 'Paedogeddon' (2001)

May 1918: a German invasion triggers a second revolt of the Don Cossacks and the Volunteer Army. Check out the text version here, for the latest updates, citations, images, etc: https://1919review.wordpress.com/2021/08/26/03-revolt-in-the-south/ Audio credits: I don't own the rights to the audio samples listed below. All audio used is either in the public domain or features here under fair use. Blackadder Goes Forth, Ep. 3 'Major Star', Dir Richard Boden, 1989 Tsar to Lenin, dir Herman Axelbank, 1937 Battle on the Ice from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, 1938 Under the Mongolian Yoke, from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, 1938 And Quiet Flows the Don, Dir Sergei Gerasimov, 1957 Cossack's Song, performed by Red Army Choir, date not recorded

Revolution Under Siege 03: The SR Time Bomb January 1918. The brief inglorious life of the Constituent Assembly. Introducing two forces which will play a key role in the war: the Left and Right SRs.  Check out the text version, for images, citations, edits and credits, here: https://1919review.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/04-the-guard-is-tired/ Music from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev. Dialogue from Lenin: The Train (1988, Damiano Damiani) I don't own the above items, they appear here under fair use or are in the public domain

An older version of this episode was read by a computer voice - this one is read by yours truly.    Officers and Cossacks are shocked and confused by the Russian Revolution. But they rally and begin a war to overthrow the new regime.    Text: https://1919review.wordpress.com/  Credits:   I do not own the music or clips featured here.  They are in the public domain or else fair use.    Sergei Prokofiev, 'Battle on the Ice' from Alexander Nevsky (1938)  Fall of Eagles, John Elliot, Stuart Burge, 1974, Episode 12  Anastasia, Dir Don Bluth & Gary Goldman, 1997   Ten Days that Shook the World, documentary, 1967, Orson Welles; Aleksandrov, Granger, Murphy, incl footage from Eisenstein  And Quiet Flows the Don (novel) Mikhail Sholokhov,  trans Stephen Garry, read by W Kandinsky [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y5RB...] And Quiet Flows the Don (film), dir Gerasimov, 1957-58 Groucho Marx, 'Groucho's Story of Resigning from Friars Club', Mike del Caribe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkB5h...)  'Rasputin' by Boney M, 1978. Hansa, Sire, Atlantic

Here's the text version: https://1919review.wordpress.com/2021/08/05/00-introduction/ Check it out for edits, citations, images, etc Audio Credits:  'Battle on the Ice' from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev 'Tachanka', Red Army Choir 'Class' dialogue from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, dir. Gilliam, Jones) Nationalities from Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943, dir. Frank Capra) 'Will he be the new Tsar then?' from Doctor Zhivago (1965, dir. David Lean) Cuba dialogue from Che: Part One (2008, dir. Stephen Soderbergh) I don't own the above pieces of audio, they appear here under fair use or are in the public domain

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An eyewitness account of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by a leading participant This episode is also available as a blog post: https://1919review.wordpress.com/2021/04/08/review-in-the-name-of-the-working-class-by-sandor-kopacsi/

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