Five Sisters

Women Against the Tsar

• Author(s): Barbara Alpern Engel, Clifford N. Rosenthal,
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Pages: 254
• ISBN_10: 0415907152
  ISBN_13: 9780415907156
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / Political , Biography & Autobiography / Women , History / General , History / Europe / General , History / Russia / General , History / Modern / General , Political Science / Civil Rights ,

Description:... Five Sistersprovides 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.