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Notes of a Red Guard * Notes of a Red Guard * Eduard M. Dune Translated and edited by Diane P. Koenker and S. A. Smith UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS © 1993 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Manufactured in the United States of America p This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dune, Eduard M. (Eduard Martynovich), 1899-1953. Notes of a Red Guard/ Eduard M. Dune ; translated and edited by Diane P. Koenker and S. A. Smith. p. cm. Translated from Russian. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-252-01972-5 (cl) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0-252-06277-9 (pb) 1. Dune, Eduard M. (Eduard Martynovich), 1899-1953. 2. Soviet Union-History-Revolution, 1917-1921-Personal narratives. 3. Revolutionaries-Soviet Union-Biography. I. Koenker, Diane, 1947- . II. Smith, S. A. (Stephen Anthony), 1952- 111. Title. DK254.D78A3 1993 947.084' l '092-dc20 92-18937 CIP For the descendants of Eduard Martynovich Dune Contents * Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Note on the Translation xxxv * Part One The Red Guard 1. To Moscow 3 2. The February Revolution 27 3. Workers' Power 43 4. Rob the Robbers 75 5. The Russian Vendee 89 * Part Two The Red Army 6. Soviet Power in 1918 117 7. On the Don Again 137 8. Retreat 151 9. Prisoner of the Volunteer Army 171 10. In the Novorossiisk Underground 187 11. On My Own Again 203 12. Rebellion in Dagestan 213 Postscript 231 Notes 233 Suggestions for Further Reading 267 Works by Eduard Dune 269 Reference Bibliography 271 Index 275 Acknowledgments The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University has generously given us permission to publish this translation, and we are indebted to the staffs of the Hoover Insti tution's archive and library for their help throughout our work on this project. Thanks are also due to the superb Slavic Library of the University of Illinois and especially to Helen Sullivan. The Uni versity of Illinois provided financial support in the critical final stages of the manuscript's preparation. Lewis Siegelbaum, William Rosenberg, Andrew Verner, and Ben Eklof read versions of the manuscript and offered their encouragement for our efforts. Kath leen McFarland helped to track down aspects of Dune's biography. A Soviet archivist also provided key information about Dune's career. Chris Ward solved a refractory problem about rifles and discussed encouragingly a text he never got to see. James A. Bier drew the maps. Natalia Pervukhin's careful review of our transla tion, as well as her knowledge of Chekhov, was extremely helpful in the final stages of our work. Vicki Miller contributed efficient clerical and editorial services. Any errors remain our sole respon sibility. Diane Koenker wishes also to thank Steve Smith, who gave generously of his time, even when conducting his own research in far-flung locations, for his stimulating ideas about the project and for his unflagging enthusiasm. Steve Smith thanks Diane Koenker for making his first experience of collaborative scholarly work entirely enjoyable and for proving that the Atlantic Ocean is no bar to efficiency and effective coordination.
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