The School for Terrorists: The Beginnings of the Russian Revolution
- Ariane Bilheran
- Feb 25, 2024
- 7 min read
Ariane Bilheran's Lucarne (Skylight), in Antipresse 430 - February 25, 2024.
The October Revolution in Russia officially plunged the world into the totalitarian era. It was preceded by an intense political, social, and ideological struggle, spearheaded by terrorism. A "witness to history", imagined by a Russian novelist, revealed the psychology of the young activists who sacrificed themselves to establish a dream of freedom that ended in nightmare. Is it a coincidence that the novel was subtitled "the book of endings"?

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