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Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar

By Barbara Alpern Engel , Clifford D. Rosenthal

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1987
ISBN
0415907152
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14140933 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
308\308
Topic
History\\Memoirs, Biographies
Time added
2023-03-11 07:14:29
1818-18811855-1881Alexander IIassassinationbiographyEmperor of RussiaHistoryPolitics and governmentRadicalismSoviet UnionWomen revolutionists

Description

"Five Sisters" provides a unique first-hand account of the Russian revolutionary movement of the 1870s from the perspective of five remarkable young women who participated in it: Vera Figner, Vera Zasulich, Olga Liubatovich, Praskovia Ivanovskaia, and Elizaveta Kovalskaia.These elegantly translated memoirs provide a vivid description of this turbulent period in Russian history and the daily lives of these brave women.

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