George Popoff

From The City of the Red Plague, George Popoff 1932

INTRODUCTION

The political and economic crises of the past year have created such an alarming situation in Europe that many continental countries seem at the present time to be again seriously threatened by the spectre of revolution The Soviet leaders in Moscow are, in addition, doing their utmost to aggravate still further the difficult economic situation of Europe and to accelerate the outbreak of disturbances. Communist activity in most continental countries is being carried on with increased intensity. Particularly is this true of Germany, where, owing to the recent considerable Communist gains, an attempt on their part to seize power is seriously thought to be possible

Now, if their efforts should one day be successful, if violent upheavals on a large scale should again take place in any country of Europe, if the Communists succeeded in attaining to power in any particular place and setting up soviets in the heart of Europe—what would be the outcome? Would things in a Western European land, thus subjected to Soviet rule, resemble the conditions already in force in Russia, or not? And if so, in what degree, and how?

These questions can, in my opinion, be answered with a greater measure of certainty than is generally supposed. In two European countries—in Hungary and in Latvia—the Soviets have, since the war, already held the reins of government for a period of several months. Unfortunately, the instructive history of Soviet rule in Hungary has been forgotten all too soon ; and with regard to Latvia I am even prepared to assert that the incredible actions perpetrated by the Muscovites in that country have remained up to the present day entirely unknown to the general European public.

The present period of crises and unrest appears to me a particularly appropriate time to remind wider circles of this memorable attempt on the part of Moscow to apply the Soviet system in a country other than Russia, and to inform people of the full details concerning that remarkable experiment ; and this, moreover, is a task which I feel all the more capable of performing as I have not only considerable personal experience of Russian bolshevism, but have also lived throughout the entire period of this Soviet domination, established for a short time outside Russia

The events described in this book took place in Riga, the capital of the present democratic republic of Latvia, in the period between January 2nd and May 22nd of the year 1919.   (Etc).

New York : E. P. Dutton, 1932, pages 9 - 10.

THE CITY OF THE RED PLAGUE / SOVIET RULE IN A BALTIC TOWN / BY / GEORGE POPOFF / TRANSLATED BY ROBIN JOHN / ILLUSTRATED / E. P. DUTTON & Co., INC. / NEW YORK

(1) The above is the exact wording of author/title reproduced by me from an apparently original copy got in the Los Angeles Public Library, 2 May 05 ; the front page complete except the design.

The author is 'popoff'. The libraries give 'popov'. One notes exceptional amounts of finagling with any data pertaining to the Bolshevist/Soviet barbarism. This one parallel use of �Popov� and �Popoff� may be entirely innocent, but . . . ? (Note that this issue, of inaccurate data in the catalogues, has nothing to do with G. B. Shaw's jokes and there is nothing funny with your or mine being misinformed.)

(2) Several months ago I had found �Iskusstvo Armenii� by self-same author, in the catalogue of the University of California. It does not show up under 'popov' today, 2 May 05. (?) (WPT, 2 May 05)

Popov, Georgiĭ Konstantinovich, 1899- Title The city of the red plague : Soviet rule in a Baltic town / by George Popoff ; translated by Robin John. Publisher Westport, Conn. : Hyperion Press, c1978, c1932. Description 343 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Series Russian studies ISBN 0883554399 : Language English Note Reprint of the ed. published by Dutton, New York. Note Bibliography: p. [341]-343.

Popov, Georgiĭ Konstantinovich, 1899- Title Iskusstvo Armenii; kratkiĭ bibliograficheskiĭ ukazatelʹ. Sostavil i snabdil annotat︠s︡ii︠a︡mi G. Bebutov. Publisher Moskva, Iskusstvo, 1939. Description 60 p. Language Russian Subject Arts -- Armenia -- Bibliography.
[ Note : This did not show under 'Popov, Georgiĭ Konstantinovich' in the University of California http://melvyl.cdlib.org on 2 May 2005. Was found under "author / title" : popov / armenii (WPT)

Popov, Georgiĭ Konstantïnovich. Title The city of the Red plague; soviet rule in a Baltic town, by George Popoff; translated by Robin John. Publisher London : G. Allen & Unwin ltd., [1932] Description 343 p. front., illus. (map) plates, port., fold. plan. 21 cm. Language English Note The events described in this book took place in Riga ... in the period between January 2nd and May 22nd of the year 1919 ... The main theme ... is the fate of the town and its population, who were the defenceless victims of a real bolshevist invasion and of a forcible attempt at sovietization."--Introd. Note Bibliography : p. [341]-342. Subject Communism. Rīga (Latvia)

Popov, Georgiĭ Konstantinovich, 1899- Title(s) The city of the red plague : Soviet rule in a Baltic town / by George Popoff ; translated by Robin John. Publisher N. Y., Dutton, c1932. Paging 343 p. [1] p. front., illus. (map) plates. port., 20 cm. Series Russian studies Notes Reprint of the ed. published by Dutton, New York. Bibliography: p. [341]-343. [ Los Angeles Public Library ; New York Public Library]

Popov, Georgii Konstantinovich. Title The Tcheka: the Red inquisition, by George Popoff. Imprint London, A.M. Philpot, ltd. [1926] Descript 308 p. front. (port.) 23 cm. Note T.p. dated 1925; on verso of t.-p.: 2. impression, Jan 1926. Subject Russia. Gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie. Communism -- Soviet Union. Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936. Alt title Red inquisition [ New York Public Library ]

Popov, Georgii Konstantinovich, 1899- Title Tscheka, der Staat im Staate : Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen mit der Russischen Auszerordentlichen Kommission / von Georg Popoff. Imprint Frankfurt am Main : Frankfurter Societ�ts-Druckerei, 1925. Descript 306 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Subject Soviet Union. Obedinennoe gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie. [ New York Public Library ]

Popov, Georgii Konstantinovich, 1899- Title Sous l'�toile des Soviets [par] Georges Popoff. Traduit par L.-A. Delieutraz. Imprint Paris, Plon-Nouritt, 1925. Descript 249 p. Note Translation of: "Unter dem sowjetstern'tryckt i januari 1924." Subject Soviet Union -- Description and travel. Add'l name Delieutraz, L. A., translator. [ New York Public Library ]