| Chapter One | |
| COMRADE ANDREI | |
| 5 | OUR FIRST MEETING |
| 10 | LEADING THE URAL WORKERS |
| 15 | THE END OF OUR FREEDOMS’ |
| 18 | LEAVING EKATERINBURG |
| 20 | IN PERM |
| 25 | THE HUNT IS ON |
| Chapter Two | |
| SVERDLOV’S EARLY LIFE AND REVOLUTIONARY APPRENTICESHIP | |
| 29 | CHILDHOOD |
| 33 | A REVOLUTIONARY COMING OF AGE |
| 36 | THE PROFESSIONAL REVOLUTIONARY |
| Chapter Three | |
| PRISON AND FREEDOM | |
| 40 | THE FIGHT CONTINUES |
| 43 | MOSCOW |
| 45 | BACK BEHIND BARS |
| 47 | ARREST IN PETERSBURG |
| Chapter Four | |
| NARYM AND PETERSBURG | |
| 53 | SIBERIAN EXILE |
| 56 | BACK TO NARYM |
| 58 | ON THE RIVER |
| 61 | TOGETHER AGAIN |
| 64 | ON THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE |
| Chapter Five | |
| IN TURUKHANSK TERRITORY | |
| 69 | DAY IN, DAY OUT |
| 71 | WAR |
| 74 | TO TURUKHANSK |
| Chapter Six | |
| FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER | |
| 79 | FEBRUARY AND AFTER |
| 82 | THE SECRETARIAT |
| 85 | THE JULY DAYS |
| 87 | THE RISING DRAWS NEAR |
| Chapter Seven | |
| THE REPUBLIC OF SOVIETS | |
| 92 | THE BIRTH OF A NEW ORDER |
| 95 | A NEW RESPONSIBILITY |
| 103 | THE LEFT COMMUNISTS’ AND THE MOVES TOWARDS PEACE |
| Chapter Eight | |
| MOSCOW | |
| 110 | IN THE NEW CAPITAL |
| 112 | FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMRADES |
| 118 | THE FIRST SOVIET CONSTITUTION |
| 119 | THE ROUT OF THE LEFT SOCIALIST-REVOLUTIONARIES |
| 125 | 30 AUGUST 1918 |
| 130 | THE DAILY ROUND |
| 134 | IN CONCLUSION |
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