fiercely anti-Communist paper just after it, and was one of the defenders of the Winter Palace when it fell to the Bolsheviks. He journeyed through the Red lines to take part in the abortive attempt to resurrect the Assembly in non-Communist Ufa. He was with the White troops at Archangel when they were driven from that foothold; and he was captured, imprisoned, and condemned to execution by the Reds, only to be released when he thought death certain.
It is with his part in these political events that The White Nights is largely concerned, but of equal interest are Sokoloff’s memories of the Russian teachers who imbued him with democratic ideals and a firm faith in the rights and powers of the individuals.
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