Title Five sisters : women against the tsar / edited and translated from the Russian by Barbara Alpern Engel and Clifford N. Rosenthal

Published DeKalb, Illinois : NIU Press, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations, photographs Contents Vera Figner -- Vera Zasulich -- Praskovia Ivanovskaia -- Olga Liubatovich -- Elizaveta Kovalskaia Summary "Violent movements that opposed the existing political order erupted all over Europe in the course of the 19th century. Nowhere was revolutionary violence more visible and dramatic than in Russia. There, revolutionaries took the lives of dozens of people, most, though not all of them, high officials. Accrpting the label "terrorist" as a badge of honor, the revolutionaries insisted upon the morality and justice of their cause, and they were fully prepared to sacrifice their own lives for the sake of it. ... The daring youg women who tell their stories in this book shared this goal and participated actively in efforts to realize it. Vera Figner presided over the remnants of the People's Will after it assassinated Tsar Alexander II. Vera Zasulich's attempt to assassinate the governor of St. Petersburg made her a heroine to Western European leftists as well as much of the Russian public. Olga Liubatovich belonged to one of the first groups of revolutionary propagandists to take jobs as factory laborers. Praskovia Ivanovskaia became a typesetter for the press that presented the movement's goals to a broader public. Elizaveta Kowalskaia, a peasant by birth, envisioned terror as the mean to relieve economic oppression. ..."--Back cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Figner, Vera, 1852-1942. Zasulich, V. I., 1849-1919. SUBJECT Figner, Vera, 1852-1942 fast Zasulich, V. I., 1849-1919 fast Subject Radicalism -- Russia -- History -- 19th century Women revolutionaries -- Russia -- Biography Politics and government Radicalism Women revolutionaries SUBJECT Russia -- Politics and government -- 1855-1881. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125840 Subject Russia Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Engel, Barbara Alpern, editor, translator Rosenthal, Clifford N., editor, translator ISBN 9781609090838 1609090837 9781501756993 1501756990

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