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The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state. The Cheka was central to the Bolsheviks' elimination of political dissent during the Russian Civil War (1917-22). In 1922 the Soviet (...)

John Reed, escritor revolucionario y periodista insuperable, fue testigo directo de aquellos diez días que conmovieron al mundo. Presenció cómo solo diez días bastaron para que el pueblo tomara el poder y acabara de manera real y efectiva con el Antiguo Régimen y el absolutismo. Cómo Petrogrado se (...)

The Midway-class were the US Navy's biggest carriers built during World War II. Superbly illustrated, this explains how they became the backbone of the Cold War fleet. Entering service in September 1945, the Midway-class aircraft carrier was the US Navy's ultimate World War II-era design, and these (...)