Adele Lindenmeyr

Citizen Countess

Sofia Panina and the Fate of Revolutionary Russia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on detailed research in archival collections, this book establishes Sofia Panina as an astute eyewitness to and passionate participant in the historical events that shaped her life. Her experiences shed light on the evolution of the European nobility, women's emancipation and political influence, and the fate of Russian liberalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9780299325305
• ISBN-10: 029932530X
• Artikelnr.: 57614710

Autorenporträt

Adele Lindenmeyr is dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova University and author of Poverty Is Not a Vice: Charity, Society and the State in Imperial Russia. She is also coeditor of Russia's Home Front in War and Revolution, 1914-1922.

Inhaltsangabe

1. List of Illustrations ix
2. Acknowledgments xi
3. A Note on Names and Dates xv
4. Introduction 3
5. 1 A Fairy-Tale Childhood 16
6. 2 The Battle for Sofia 34
7. 3 “The Richest Marriageable Girl in Russia” 56
8. 4 The People’s House 83
9. 5 The “Red Countess” 108
10. 6 Sofia Goes to War 136
11. 7 Revolution in Petrograd 157
12. 8 Sofia Goes Underground 182
13. 9 Enemy of the People 204
14. 10 Fighting the Bolsheviks 226
15. 11 “Our Bread Tastes Bitter in Foreign Lands” 259
16. Epilogue 287
17. Notes 301
18. Bibliography 357
19. Index