The defiant life of Vera Figner : surviving the Russian revolution /

This engaging biography tells the dramatic story of a Russian noblewoman turned revolutionary terrorist. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At fir...

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Main Author: Hartnett, Lynne Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • In the twilight of a fading age
  • Age of consciousness
  • Pioneers diverted
  • Town and country
  • The tsar's death sentence
  • Revolutionary iconography
  • Transformation
  • Life and death
  • Resurrection in exile
  • An old revolutionary in a new revolution
  • Revolutionary survivor.