John Reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished, and he is one of the few Americans buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow, a site normally reserved only for the most prominent Soviet leaders.
John Reed døde i 1920 kort efter at bogen var færdig, og han er den eneste amerikaner, der er begravet ved Kremls mur i Moskva, et sted der normalt kun er reserveret for de mest prominente Sovjetledere.