1918: Soviet forces liberate Ukraine, inspire fighters worldwide
Vol. 87/No. 9 - March 6, 2023![Red Army troops welcomed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Dec. 8, 1917. Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917 put Russian workers and peasants in power, ended Russian involvement in World War I, put an end to czar’s “prison house of nations,” forming Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Red-Army-1917-Ukraine_750_8709-300x212.jpg)
My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography by Leon Trotsky is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. Under V.I. Lenin, Trotsky was a central leader of the Russian Revolution, including as foreign minister of the young Soviet…