Парвус: Деньги и кровь революции

The Russian and German revolutionary and social democrat Alexander Gelfand, better known under the pseudonym Parvus, was a man with a very ambiguous reputation. A prominent publicist and theoretician of social democracy, he never forgot about his own pocket and, quite unexpectedly getting rich, earned the nickname "merchant of the revolution." Parvus is credited with a decisive role in the victory of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Russia's exit from the First World War, since it is widely believed that it was he who ensured the flow of German gold to the Bolshevik party fund, which helped them defeat their opponents, and also ensured passage to Russia through Germany of Lenin and other Bolshevik leaders in a sealed carriage. The book of the famous historian Boris Sokolov tells about the actual role of Parvus and German gold in the Russian revolution and reveals the extraordinary personality of the hero of the book.