My Disillusionment in Russia · Chapter
Endnotes explained
This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing translations and explanations of foreign terms, historical references, and contextual clarifications for terms used throughout the narrative.
What happens
This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing translations and explanations of foreign terms, historical references, and contextual clarifications for terms used throughout the narrative.
Characters to notice
- Alexander Berkman
Referenced in endnote regarding trial and speeches.
- Emma Goldman
Referenced in endnote regarding trial and speeches.
Key passages
“Trial and Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the Federal Court of New York, June-July, 1917”
The legal proceedings and public addresses of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman in a New York federal court during the summer of 1917.
Historical reference to the trial of two prominent anarchists.
“Happy villagers and their model homes, specially prepared and shown to Catherine the Great by her Prime Minister Potemkin to deceive her about the true condition of the peasantry.”
Fake prosperous villages built to impress Catherine the Great, hiding the actual poverty of the peasants.
Explanation of the term 'Potemkin village' as a metaphor for deceptive appearances.