Chapter 10: The Russian Revolution and the Rise of the Soviet Union, 1905-1940

"Aleksandra Kollontai," Marxists Internet Archive

Read English translations of Kollontai’s writing, view photographs of her and her family, and learn more about her life.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/

"Lenin," "In Our Time" podcast

Host Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Russian leader and what enabled his rise to power.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00546pv

"The making of the Stalinist state," National Archives (UK)

This two-part podcast from the British National Archives discusses Stalin and Russia from 1928 to 1941.
http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/the-making-of-the-stalinist-state-1928-1941-part-1/
http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/the-making-of-the-stalinist-state-1928-1941-part-2/