How did the Bolshevik Revolution and the actual establishment of the Soviet Union inspire and encourage activists and intellectuals of the African Diaspora? With what specific mechanisms of hard and soft power did the Soviet Union, from its earliest years, seek to create a ‘global Black proletariat’? We didn’t answer these questions ourselves, but thankfully someone else did! For the week leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution (Oct. 7, 2017), The African American Intellectual History Society published a series of articles online written by various scholars of Black and Russian/Soviet history and art on this very interrelationship. We present the main ideas from the articles and bring your highlights and analyses of the most compelling ones. Theme Music: Tierra Whack Interludes: SZA, Kehlani Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia