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A SHOW TRIAL UNDER LENIN The Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries, Moscow 1922
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by
MARC JANSEN
Translated from the Dutch by Jean Sanders
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1982
MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBLISHERS THE HAGUE/BOSTON/LONDON
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ISBN-I3: 97R-94-009-7608-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-7606-1
c-ISBN-13: 97R-94-009-7606-1
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CONTENTS List of Illustrations
vi
Preface
vii
List of Abbreviations
xiii
1.
The Socialist Revolutionaries and the Soviet Regime
2.
The Announcement of the Trial and the International Socialist Movement
22
3.
Preparations for the Trial
47
4.
The Treatment of the Accused, Defenders and Witnesses During the Trial
62
5.
The Judicial Investigation
83
6.
The Socialist Revolutionaries Versus the Bolsheviks
105
7.
The Verdict and How It Was Brought About
119
8.
The Propaganda Campaign
141
9.
The Reactions
156
The End
170
Conclusion
186
10.
1
List ofAbbreviations Used in the Notes
196
Notes
197
Bibliography
215
Index
225
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Front cover. Accused and defenders. Seated (left to right). Donskoi, Evgeniia Ratner, Vandervelde, and Gots. Standing third from left Zhdanov, fifth from left Wauters, third from right Timofe