In the Shadow of Revolution

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Asked shortly after the revolution about how she viewed the new government, Tatiana Varsher replied, "With the wide-open eyes of a historian." Her countrywoman, Zinaida Zhemchuzhnaia, expressed a similar need to take note: "I want to write about the way those events were perceived and reflected in the humble and distant corner of Russia that was the Cossack town of Korenovskaia." What these women witnessed and experienced, and what they were moved to describe, is part of the extraordinary portrait of life in revolutionary Russia presented in this book. A collection of life stories of Russian women in the first half of the twentieth century, In the Shadow of Revolution brings together the testimony of Soviet citizens and émigrés, intellectuals of aristocratic birth and Soviet milkmaids, housewives and engineers, Bolshevik activists and dedicated opponents of the Soviet regime. In literary memoirs, oral interviews, personal dossiers, public speeches, and letters to the editor, these women document their diverse experience of the upheavals that reshaped Russia in the first half of this century.

As is characteristic of twentieth-century Russian women's autobiographies, these life stories take their structure not so much from private events like childbirth or marriage as from great public events. Accordingly the collection is structured around the events these women see as touchstones: the Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War of 1918-20; the switch to the New Economic Policy in the 1920s and collectivization; and the Stalinist society of the 1930s, including the Great Terror. Edited by two preeminent historians of Russia and the Soviet Union, the volume includes introductions that investigate the social historical context of these women's lives as well as the structure of their autobiographical narratives.

The Baba and the Comrade: Gender and Politics in Revolutionary Russia

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The Baba and the Comrade: Gender and Politics in Revolutionary Russia
Elizabeth A. Wood
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" . . . well-researched and skillfully written . . . a welcome addition to the historical narrative on Soviet gender policy." --Journal of Women's History

ñ . . . a highly persuasive, revealing, and well-documented account of early Bolshevik policy, practice, and language pertaining to the 'baba problem' and the unexpected ways female and male comrades responded to the party-state's tutelary role toward women.î --Slavic Review

ñ. . . a well-organized, sophisticated analysis of the difficulties involved in attempting to reconcile ideology with political, economic, and cultural realities.î --The Russian Review

ñ. . . richly documented, well argued account of Soviet attempts to come to grips with a melancholy tradition.î „Virginia Quarterly

ñThis is a rich and densely argued study that embeds the story of the zhenotdel in the context of the political struggles and institutional structures of this formative period of the Russian Revolution.î --American Historical Review

ñThe conclusion to Wood's sophisticated analysis . . . is solidly based on a mass of detailed and original research.î --Slavonica

ñThe scholarship in this book is of very high quality and the questions raised are ïlargeÍ . . . an outstanding contribution to the tangled issue of gender in Soviet Russia.î „Susan Gross Solomon

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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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Absolutely Fascinating.......2006-03-31

This book sat unread on my shelves for a while, and now I can't believe it didn't actually leap off the shelf into my hands to MAKE me read it; it's so utterly fascinating and engrossing that I haven't been able to put it down. I was expecting some dry history and feminism; this is a fascinating first-person portrait (or rather, five first-person portraits) of political struggle, social norms, everyday life, and revolution from the writings of five very literate, engaging writer/revolutionaries.

I hardly know how to review a book like this (since I can't talk about plot or about structure of arguments, as it's first-person memoirs), but it's been among the most worthwhile 250 pages of my reading life.

This book is a porthole to the life of the Intelligentsia........1999-01-06

The most amazing thing about this book is its entertainment value actually equals its historic value. These are bios of women who put their values and the lives of Russian peasants ahead of their own. It features the primary account of the world famous assassination of Governor Trepov from the pen of his assassin, Vera Zasulich. It also features Vera Figner's account of her unsuccessful (and finally successful) attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II. The sacrifices of these women include shedding aristocratic lifestyles for back breaking labor in noblemen's fields so they could teach peasants how to read and spread propaganda for their cause. Some of their comrades actually went insane in the process. You will read about their experiences as exiles in Siberia, and one of the greatest escapes Hollywood never saw. Whether you consider yourself a history buff, or just appreciate great stories, you will love this book.

Revolutionary Women in Russia, 1870-1917: A Study in Collective Biography

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Revolutionary Women in Russia, 1870-1917: A Study in Collective Biography
Anna Hillyar , and Jane McDermid
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Most studies of the development of Marxism in Russia concentrate on male revolutionaries. It is only in the past twenty five years that scholars have begun to investigate the women who dedicated themselves to the cause of revolution. What then of the women who joined the revolutionary movement, and particularly the Bolshevik party, in their thousands? Revolutionary women in Russia is the first sustained analysis of female involvement in the revolutionary era of Russian history. By placing women centre stage, without exaggerating their involvement, this study enriches our understanding of women and revolutionary politics, and also provides a revealing insight in to this momentous period of Russian history. Revolutionary women in Russia is a powerful study of working women and Russian Marxism, which aims to engage readers with descriptions of 'real' revolutionary women. Based on a variety of sources that have not been previously translated into English, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in the Russian Revolution, twentieth-century history and gender studies.

Aleksandra Kollontai: Socialism, Feminism and the Bolshevik Revolution

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Aleksandra Kollontai: Socialism, Feminism and the Bolshevik Revolution
Beatrice Farnsworth
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Apostles into terrorists: Women and the revolutionary movement in the Russia of Alexander II

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Apostles into terrorists: Women and the revolutionary movement in the Russia of Alexander II
Vera Broido
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Forgotten Lives: The Role of Lenin's Sisters in the Russian Revolution, 1864-1937

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Forgotten Lives: The Role of Lenin's Sisters in the Russian Revolution, 1864-1937
Katy Turton
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ASIN: 0230007627
Release Date: 2007-10-02

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Forgotten Lives both investigates the lives and work of Lenin's sisters--Anna, Ol'ga, and Mariia Ul'ianova--including their contribution to the Russian Revolution, and interrogates their portrayal in history.

Inessa Armand: Revolutionary and Feminist

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Inessa Armand: Revolutionary and Feminist
R. C. Elwood
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Inessa Armand was born of French-English parents in Paris in 1874, raised in the family of a wealthy Moscovite manufacturer, and buried at the age of 46 next to the walls of the Kremlin. In this biography, Professor R. C. Ellwood explores her relatively short life as a Tolstoyan, a lady philanthropist interested in rehabilitating prostitutes, an underground propagandist arrested five times by the tsarist police, an important Bolshevik organizer in Western Europe before the revolution, and a leading Soviet feminist from 1917 to 1920. Armand's unique life is made even more interesting by her close friendship with Lenin and this study examines their stormy relations, casting doubt on the conventional wisdom of an extended love affair.

Midwives Of Revolution: Female Bolsheviks & Women Workers In 1917

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Midwives Of Revolution: Female Bolsheviks & Women Workers In 1917
Jane Mcdermid
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Narodniki Women: Russian Women Who Sacrificed Themselves for Freedom (Athene Series)

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A publishing first, this is the only book on the market to examine the intriguing history, evolution, and application of four specific genres of dynamic letterforms: hand-drawn, vernacular, humorous, and digitally driven.

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Experimental Layout (Design Fundamentals)
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This is a study of contemporary experimental approaches to layout - the essence of graphic design. At the heart of Experimental Layout is the sheer breadth of the discipline of graphic design, its adjustments and accommodation, the innovators and their idiosyncrasies.

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Ian Noble and Russell Bestley have selected work from around the world which they believe “is united in its concern to try different and challenging approaches, not for the sake of being different but because it is grounded in difference”. Diaries, magazines, exhibition catalogs and books are among the work included in Experimental Layout. Projects range from rarely-seen personal projects to large-scale commercial work. In each case, the work questions or extends the boundaries of graphic design.

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