In the Shadow of Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691019495 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fitzpatrick (Everyday Stalinism) and Slezkine (Arctic Mirrors) present ordinary women's testimonies of personal highs and lows amid momentous public events: the 1917 Revolution, the horrors of civil war, early construction of Soviet society and the chaos of political purges. In Part II, Paraskeva Ivanova's 1926 letter declares she is leaving the Communist Party because party men have sexually exploited her in the name of creating "new forms of everyday life" to replace "bourgeois morality." Part III includes Pasha Angelina's praise of the Soviet Union for permitting her, born in 1912 to poor peasants, to become the first woman t
"Russian Women and Revolutions" according to Pat. I can not recommend this book enough! My daughter liked it so much that she gave it to me to read. I, in turn, liked it so much that I have purchased numerous copies for family members and friends. It's filled with amazing personal chronicles of various women living through the numerous changes in government in Russia. How some of them survived, I'll never know. It's fascinating and horrendous and always moving.. "Amazing book!" according to SARAH K. This is an absolutely great read that is both riveting and heartbreaking. The collection of stories was originally researched and collected. I highly recommend to anyone who is interested in the early years of the USSR and the effect on many class members of Soviet society.. "Five Stars" according to ROBERT E. BAYR. Amazing inside look at the revolution. A must read for anyone interested in Russian history.
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. 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 th