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Sylvain Maréchal - the "Man without God"
On 15 August 1750 one of the most radical socialist atheists of all times was born in Paris. Sylvain Maréchal, a poet whose Manifest of the Equals was too much even for the egalitarian conspiracy of... [Image gallery]
Women in the Paris Commune
Paris, spring 1871. Women participate in great numbers in the Paris Commune people's rebellion. Characteristically, women figure as ambulancières, orderlies and cantinières who bring boxed food to... [Image gallery]
The Revolution and Russia’s Regions
100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution: research, collections and events at the IISH.The revolutions of February and October 1917 shook the Russian Empire to its core. In the ensuing Civil War... [Collection highlight]
The Russian Revolution Reaches Central Asia
100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution: research, collections and events at IISH. For the Bolsheviks, prior to seizing power, the Tsarist Empire was nothing but a prison house of nations. Just a... [Collection highlight]
A Workers' State without Workers?
100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution: research, collections and events at IISH. The Russian Revolution of October 1917 brought a party to power, which claimed to act on behalf of the working... [Collection highlight]
Revolution and Reality. The Family in Russia in the Twentieth Century
100th anniversary of the Russian revolution:research, collections and events at IISHThe Bolsheviks, who came to power in Russia in 1917, looked upon the family as a bastion of the old order, which... [Collection highlight]
The Russian Revolution: Impact on the Netherlands
100th anniversary of the Russian revolution:research, collections and events at IISH The Russian Revolution, a century ago this year, also had a deep impact on the Netherlands. The Dutch press... [Collection highlight]
Who lost the Russian Revolution?
100th anniversary of the Russian revolution:research, collections and events at IISH The Russian revolution of 1917 and the ensuing Civil War (1918-22) are above all known as a struggle between the... [Collection highlight]
10 July 1794
In France, at the height of the Terror and a fortnight before the fall of Robespierre, a woman in childbed writes to her mother. An account of mother and daughter love during the French Revolution,... [Collection highlight]
Exhibition ‘Together and Apart. The Family in Russia in the Twentieth Century’
‘Together and Apart’ is an exhibition about the family in Russia’s turbulent twentieth century. It has been on show at venues in the Netherlands (2012) and Russia (2013, 2014, 2015).Photographs from... [General page]

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