Roger Markwick is Honorary Professor of Modern European History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has been appointed editor of an English-language translation of a major biography of Christian Rakovsky authored by Georgy Chernyavsky, Mikhail Stanchev, and Maria Tortika (Lobanova).

05.04.2023

• Roger Markwick

Christian Rakovsky’s Life and Death Mirrored the Fate of European Marxism

Born in Bulgaria, Christian Rakovsky became a major leader of the Russian Revolution who wanted the Soviet Union to be a true partnership of nations. But when Rakovsky challenged Stalin’s dictatorship, he was tried and executed on a trumped-up charge.