The Russian Revolution is the most misunderstood and misinterpreted event in modern history. In "Anonymous" Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner goes beyond the myths and fiction, placing the Russian people at the center of the story as the true heroes in this tumultuous period. Millions of people came together in a mass movement, organized democratic assemblies, mobilized for militant actions, and overthrew a massive regime of owners, speculators, and warriors.

Faulkner rejects the caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as autocratic conspirators or as precursors to Stalinist dictatorship, and argues that the Russian Revolution was an explosion of democracy and creativity, crushed by a bloody counter-revolution and replaced with a form of bureaucracy by state capitalism.

Based on powerful firsthand testimonies, this history marks the centenary of the Revolution by restoring its democratic essence, offering a perfect guide to the modern reader.