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pow e r a n d pos se s sion i n t h e
r us si a n r e volu t ion
h i s t or i e s of e c onom ic l i f e
Jeremy Adelman, Sunil Amrith, Emma Rothschild, and
Francesca Trivellato, Series Editors
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: O’Donnell, Anne, 1980–author.
Title: Power and possession in the Russian Revolution / Anne O’Donnell.
Description: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2024] | Series: Histories of
economic life | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023026800 (print) | LCCN 2023026801 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780691205540 (hardback) | ISBN 9780691255897 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Right of property—Soviet U nion. | Eviction—Soviet Union. |
Government ownership—Soviet Union. | Soviet Union—Economic conditions—
1917–1945. | Soviet Union—History—Revolution, 1917–1921—Confiscations and
contributions. | BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism,
Post-Communism & Socialism
Classification: LCC DK265.9.E2 O36 2024 (print) | LCC DK265.9.E2 (ebook) |
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Editorial: Priya Nelson, Emma Wagh, and Morgan Spehar
Production Editorial: Nathan Carr
Production: Danielle Amatucci
Publicity: William Pagdatoon
Jacket/Cover Credit: The Russian Photographic Society, c. spring 1921.
Photograph taken by B.N. Maklakov. Courtesy of TsAGM
This book has been composed in Arno
Printed on acid-free paper. ∞
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For my mother
They saw the spectre of socialism and became afraid; nor is this surprising, for
they have something to lose, something to be afraid of. But we are not in that
position at all . . .
Europe is sinking because it cannot rid itself of its cargo—that infinity of
treasures . . .
In our case, all this is artificial ballast; out with it and overboard, and then
full sail into the open sea!
—a l e x a n de r h e r z e n
c on t e n t s
Introduction
An Infinity of Treasures 1
Prologue
Municipal Socialism 27
Conclusion 270
Notes 287
Select Bibliography 333
Index 347
ix
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i l lu s t r at ions a n d t a bl e s
Illustrations
1.1. Vladimir Bonch-Bruevich and Vladimir Lenin explore the
Kremlin, 1918 76
2.1. Lubyanka Headquarters of the Cheka as it appeared before
the Revolutions of 1917 111
3.1. Inspection form from the Housing Department of Gorodskoi
Neighborhood, Moscow c. 1921 170
4.1. No. 3 Nastasinsky Lane, home of Gokhran from 1920 197
4.2. People’s Commissar of Foreign Trade, Leonid Krasin 217
4.3. Plenipotentiary to Gokhran and executioner of the imperial
family, Yakov Yurovsky 218
6.1.–6.2. Interior, The R
ussian Photographic Society, c. spring 1921
(2 images). 282
6.3. “The Housewarming (Workers’ Petrograd)” by Kuzma
Petrov-Vodkin (1937) 284
Tables
2.1. “Normal usage of furniture” and acquisition cost in rubles
in Petrograd (Prepared Winter 1919) 126
3.1. Per capita housing stock in Moscow, 1915–1925
(Prepared 1925) 151
3.2. Apartments and population per geographic district in
Moscow, c. 1912 (Prepared 1919) 156
xi
ac k now le d g m e n t s
xiii
xiv a c k n o w le d g m e n t s
April Williams made it possible for me to write this book, taking care of my
children with skill and superhuman reliability amid a global pandemic. My
thanks to Neva Durand, Charlotte Walker-Said, Johanna Winant, and Alexan-
dra Shaw for their companionship in writing and life, and to Chris and Jay
LeGore, Judith Grace, and Jeffrey Mabee for making life in Maine the way it
is. I am grateful to my family, Chuck and Karen Whisler, Bill Whisler, Carrie
Lee, George Lee, Rachel Levy, Catherine Hinman, Francesca O’Donnell, and
Nicholas O’Donnell for their constant encouragement and generosity, and
especially to Roger Lee, for making Belfast my home, and to my brother Colin,
for looking out for me even still. My husband Ben vowed that, if it meant I
finished this book even one moment sooner, I did not have to thank him in
these acknowledgments. Combined with his steadfast love, encouragement,
wit, and the long days he spent alone with our children, this made all the dif-
ference. In my wildest dreams I could never have conjured up c hildren as won-
derful as Henry and Vivian. I marvel every day at my incredible good fortune
to be their mother. This book is for my m other, Gail, who died as I was just
beginning it. I could never have started, let alone finished, without her bot-
tomless well of confidence in me, her example of diligence, her joy in our lives
together, her curiosity about the world—in short, without her great love.
no t e on u s ag e
russ ia adhered to the Julian calendar through February 1918, after which
it switched to the Gregorian calendar, which ran thirteen days ahead. The dates
given in this book reflect the calendar systems in use at the time. Where a
publication or document makes use of both dates, as was common during the
transition, I include them, following the practice of giving the Gregorian date
followed by the Julian (in parentheses). Transliterations generally follow the
Library of Congress system, with the exception of common English versions
of R ussian proper names.
Institutional Abbreviations
Central Committee Central Committee of the Communist Party
Cheka/VChK All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for the
attle against Counterrevolution and Sabotage;
B
changed in 1918 to the All-Russian Extraordinary
Commission for the Battle against Counter
revolution, Speculation, and Abuse of Power
domkom residential building committee
MChK Moscow Cheka
Gokhran State Depository of Valuables, department of
Narkomfin
gorprodukt municipal provisioning agency
Goskon People’s Commissariat of Government Control,
succeeded by the Worker-Peasant Inspectorate
(Rabkrin)
IEI Institute for Economic Research, unit of Narkomfin
xvii
xviii not e on usage
Units of Measure
Arshin 2.3 feet or 71.12 cm
Sazhen’ 3 arshins
Desyatina 2,400 sazhens
Funt 0.9 lbs or 409.5 grams
Pood 40 funts
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