Memories of Revolution - Russian Women Remember

Zusatztext `..provides one of the most fascinating insights into pre-revolutionary Russia and the Bolshevik take-over of 1917 I have ever read.' - The Times Informationen zum Autor Anna Horsbrugh-Porter is a journalist with the BBC World Service., Elena Snow is the daughter of two Russian émigrés, and has grown up amongst the White Russian circles in exile in London., Frances Welch is a freelance journalist who writes on Russian topics for a number of British daily newspapers and journals. Klappentext Preserving the childhood memories of some of the last generation of White Russian women to experience the revolution first-hand, this poignant collection of interviews and photographs provides a unique record of life in Russia. Zusammenfassung Preserving the childhood memories of some of the last generation of White Russian women to experience the revolution first-hand! this poignant collection of interviews and photographs provides a unique record of life in Russia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 ANYA TROUP; Chapter 2 TATIANA VLADIMIROVNA TOPORKOVA; Chapter 3 PRINCESS SOPHIA WACZNADZE; Chapter 4 DOROTHY RUSSELL; Chapter 5 IRINA SERGEVNA TIDMARSH; Chapter 6 LUDMILA MATHIAS; Chapter 7 MARIE ALLAN; Chapter 8 OLGA LAWRENCE; Chapter 9 EUGENIA PEACOCK; Chapter 10 ADA NIKOLSKAYA; CHRONOLOGY; NOTES; INDEX;

Product details

• Authors: Anna Horsbrugh-Porter
• Assisted by: Anna Horsbrugh-Porter (Editor), Horsbrugh-Porter Anna (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.1993
• EAN: 9780415088077
• ISBN: 978-0-415-08807-7
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Women, True stories: general, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions