novya

Updated: January 17, 2026

Maxim Gorky declared in his Novya Zhizn that there had been "ten thousand lynchings." Upon what authority Gorky who was inclined to sympathize with the Bolsheviki, and who even accepted office under them based that statement is not known. Probably it is an exaggeration.

John Spargo - Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy