The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
by Daniel
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27 - Introduction to the National Question
Jun 7, 2026
57m 38s
27a - The Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia
Jun 7, 2026
4m 26s
26 - Epilogue to Brest-Litovsk
Apr 27, 2026
39m 30s
25.a - The Socialist Fatherland Is In Danger!
Apr 20, 2026
4m 12s
25 - An Unacceptable Peace, Ratified
Apr 20, 2026
1h 02m 49s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/7/26 |  27 - Introduction to the National Question✨ | national self-determinationsocialism+4 | — | IskraProsveshchenie+5 | — | national questionself-determination+5 | — | 57m 38s | |
| 6/7/26 |  27a - The Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia✨ | Soviet historyRussian rights+3 | — | hist.msu.ruThe Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia | — | Soviet Uniondeclaration+4 | — | 4m 26s | |
| 4/27/26 |  26 - Epilogue to Brest-Litovsk✨ | Brest-Litovskanalysis+3 | — | Patreon | — | Brest-Litovskanalysis+3 | — | 39m 30s | |
| 4/20/26 |  25.a - The Socialist Fatherland Is In Danger!✨ | Soviet historysocialism+3 | — | The Socialist Fatherland Is In Danger! | Soviet Union | Soviet Unionsocialism+3 | Patreon | 4m 12s | |
| 4/20/26 |  25 - An Unacceptable Peace, Ratified✨ | Soviet RussiaWorld War 1+3 | — | Indiana University PressPluto Press+6 | — | Soviet RussiaWorld War 1+3 | — | 1h 02m 49s | |
| 3/28/26 |  24.a - Theses on the Question of the Immediate Conclusion of a Separate and Annexationist Peace✨ | Soviet Unionsocialism+3 | — | uaio.ruTheses on the Question of the Immediate Conclusion of a Separate and Annexationist Peace | — | Soviet historypeace+3 | — | 21m 05s | |
| 3/28/26 |  24 - An Unacceptable Peace, Accepted✨ | Soviet historyBolshevik Revolution+3 | — | Indiana University PressPluto Press+6 | — | Soviet UnionBolsheviks+3 | — | 57m 02s | |
| 3/5/26 |  23 - Prologue to Brest-Litovsk✨ | Russian RevolutionBrest-Litovsk+3 | — | Indiana University PressThe Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd | — | Russian RevolutionBrest-Litovsk+4 | — | 48m 01s | |
| 2/16/26 |  22.a - Theses on the Constituent Assembly✨ | Constituent AssemblySoviet history+3 | — | leninism.suTheses on the Constituent Assembly | — | Constituent AssemblySoviet Union+3 | — | 12m 03s | |
| 2/16/26 |  22.b - Declaration of the Rights of the Toiling and Exploited People✨ | Soviet historyworkers' rights+3 | — | https://www.hist.msu.ruDeclaration of the Rights of the Toiling and Exploited People | — | Soviet UnionDeclaration of Rights+3 | — | 7m 03s | |
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| 2/16/26 |  22 - The Life and Death of the Constituent Assembly✨ | Constituent AssemblyBolshevik Revolution+3 | — | The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in PetrogradVserossiiskoe Uchrezhditelnoe Sobranie: Istoria Sozyva i Krushenia+2 | — | Constituent AssemblyBolsheviks+3 | — | 1h 04m 10s | |
| 1/24/26 |  21 - The Origins of the Cheka✨ | ChekaCommunist oppression+4 | — | ChekaThe Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd+1 | — | ChekaCommunism+6 | — | 50m 06s | |
| 1/18/26 |  Year 1 In Review | Our show turns 1 year old today! | 14m 17s | ||||||
| 12/31/25 |  20 - The Peasant Question, In All Its Glory | What do you get when you mix 18 years of theory with two separate Congresses of Peasants’ Deputies? Why, one unified Soviet government of, by, and for the masses, of course!Consider supporting me on Patreon! patreon.com/sovietpodSources:The Development of Capitalism in Russia (1899)The Workers’ Party and the Peasantry (1901)The Agrarian Program of Russian Social-Democracy (1902)The Proletariat and the Peasantry (1905)On Our Agrarian Program - A Letter to the Third Congress (1905)The Question on Land and the Struggle for Freedom (1906)The Peasantry and the Working Class (1913)Speech on the Agrarian Question (22 May [4 June] 1917)10 Days That Shook The World. Reed, John.Chresvychayny Vse-Rossiiskii Cyezd Sovietov Krestyanskikh Deputatov. Bolshaya Sovietskaya Ensiklopedia.Vse-Rossiiskii Cyezd Sovietov Krestyanskikh Deputatov.Rozhdenia Sovietskogo Gosudarstva - Chresvychayny i II Vse-Rossiiskii Cyezdy Sovietov Krestyanskikh Deputatov. Soglashenia bolshevikov s levymi eseramy.Evolutskia vzglyadov V. I. Lenina na krestyanstvo i postroenie sotsialisma v krestyanskoi strane. Vakhitov, Rustem Rinatovich. | 54m 37s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 |  19.d - The Situation of Worker Control | Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/rab_ctrl.htm | 6m 33s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 |  19.c - The Decree on the Press | Source: https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Декрет_о_печати | 3m 15s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 |  19.b - The Decree on Peace | Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/o_mire.htm | 7m 49s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 |  19.a - The Decree on Land | Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/o_zemle.htm | 8m 37s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 |  19 - The Struggle for the People’s Government | Never forget, kids: the support of the masses is the key to victory.Sources:Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1923. Haymarket Books, 2012.Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007. | 1h 04m 05s | ||||||
| 11/2/25 |  18 - Shots Fired | We’re back! But so is the bourgeoisie.Sources:Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1923. Haymarket Books 2012.Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007.Reed, John. 10 Days That Shook The World. Public domain, available on marxists.org. Originally published 1919.Russian Wikipedia article, Oktyabrskoe vooruzhenoe Vosstanie v Moskve (1917). Last accessed 20 Oct 2025. | 1h 02m 02s | ||||||
| 9/28/25 |  17 - Lessons to be Learned | Wherein we find out what the point of all this was, and close the book on the revolutionary period. | 55m 43s | ||||||
| 9/26/25 |  16 - Filling in the Blanks | This is the first of a two-episode retrospective on the Russian Revolution. In this episode, we discuss some of the finer details that we passed over, in order to provide a more complete understanding of the revolutionary period. | 48m 25s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 |  15.b - Address of the Second All-Russian Congress | Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/IIsiezd.htm | 3m 44s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 |  15.a - To the Garrison of the City of Petrograd and the Surrounding Areas | Source: https://marxists.architexturez.net/russkij/trotsky/works/trotl336.html | 2m 18s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 |  15 - Checkmate | Kerensky gets pushed right off the board, and the revolutionary masses emerge victorious.Please consider supporting me on Patreon at patreon.com/sovietpod.Sources:Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd. 1976 | 1h 05m 38s | ||||||
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