Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar The Memoirs of Five Young Anarchist Women of the 1870’s

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pp. 254, (vii), “An account of the Russian revolutionary movement of the 1870s, from the translated memoirs of five young women who participated: “Vera Figner”, whose account of her evolution from liberal to radical is timeless; “Vera Zasulich”, who tried to assassinate the governor of St Petersburg, setting off the terrorist phase of the movement; “Olga Liubatovich”, who provides an account of daily life in the movement and its personal consequences; “Praskovia Ivanovskaia”, who escaped from a Siberian prison to work with the Socialist Revolutionary Party; and “Elizaveta Kovalskaia”, one of the few revolutionaries of peasant background, a pioneering organizer in the South of Russia.”

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ISBN 415907152
Published Date 1987
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New York, New York, U.S.A.
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pp. 254, (vii), “An account of the Russian revolutionary movement of the 1870s, from the translated memoirs of five young women who participated: “Vera Figner”, whose account of her evolution from liberal to radical is timeless; “Vera Zasulich”, who tried to assassinate the governor of St Petersburg, setting off the terrorist phase of the movement; “Olga Liubatovich”, who provides an account of daily life in the movement and its personal consequences; “Praskovia Ivanovskaia”, who escaped from a Siberian prison to work with the Socialist Revolutionary Party; and “Elizaveta Kovalskaia”, one of the few revolutionaries of peasant background, a pioneering organizer in the South of Russia.”

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Weight 0.85 kg