{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-revolution-9780691019499","title":"In the Shadow of Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of life stories of Russian women in the first half of the twentieth century. It brings together the testimony of Soviet citizens and emigres, intellectuals of aristocratic birth and Soviet milkmaids, housewives and engineers, Bolshevik activists and dedicated opponents of the Soviet regime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Give[s] depth and human dimension to a place and period too often shrouded in polemics and ideology.\"--Publishers Weekly \"Each autobiography here transforms the story of a private life into the story of the country and the times.\"--Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE vii  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix  Introduction 3  Sheila Fitzpatrick, Lives and Times 3  Yuri Slezkine, Lives as Tales 18  PART I. Civil War as a Way of Life (1917-1920) 31  1. Ekaterina Olitskaia, My Reminiscences (1) 33  2. Anna Litveiko, In 1917 49  3. P. E. Melgunova-Stepanova, Where Laughter Is Never Heard 66  4. Anna Andzhievskaia, A Mother's Story 73  5. Zinaida Zhemchuzhnaia, The Road to Exile 82  6. Nadezhda Krupskaia, Autobiography 111  7. Tatiana Varsher, Things Seen and Suffered 113  8. Zinaida Patrikeeva, Cavalry Boy 118  9. Irina Elenevskaia, Recollections 123  10. Sofia Volkonskaia, The Way of Bitterness 140  PART II. Toward \"New Forms of Life\" (The 1920s) 167  11. Agrippina Korevanova, My Life 169  12. Anonymous, What Am I to Do? 207  13. Ekaterina Olitskaia, My Reminiscences (2) 209  14. Paraskeva Ivanova, Why I Do Not Belong in the Party 213  15. Maria Belskaia, Arina's Children 219  16. Antonina Solovieva, Sent by the Komsomol 235  17. Nenila Bazeleva et al., Peasant Narratives (1) 241  18. Anna Balashova, A Worker's Life 243  19. Valentina Bogdan, Students in the First Five-Year Plan 252  20. Alla Kiparenko, Building the City of Youth 277  21. Anna Iankovskaia, A Belomor Confession 282  22. Lidia Libedinskaia, The Green Lamp 286  PART III. \"Life Has Become Merrier\" (The 1930s) 303  23. Pasha Angelina, The Most Important Thing 305  24. Efrosinia Kislova et al., Peasant Narratives (2) 322  25. Fruma Treivas, We Were Fighting for an Idea! 324  26. N. I. Slavnikova et al., Speeches by Stakhanovites 331  27. Ulianova, A Cross-Examination 342  28. Anna Shchetinina, A Sea Captain's Story 350  29. Kh. Khuttonen, Farewell to the Komsomol 354  30. Anastasia Plotnikova, Autobiography 356  31. A. V. Vlasovskaia et al., Speeches by Stakhanovites' Wives 359  32. Inna Shikheeva-Gaister, A Family Chronicle 367  33. Evdokia Maslennikova, The Story of My Life 391  34. Valentina Bogdan, Memoirs of an Engineer 394  35. Frida Troib et al., Engineers' Wives 419  36. Ekaterina Olitskaia, My Reminiscences (3) 424  GLOSSARY 435  INDEX 437","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403680948567,"sku":"9780691019499","price":42.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691019499.jpg?v=1730484238","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-revolution-9780691019499","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}