British Humanitarian Activity in Russia, 1890-1923

by Luke Kelly

Book Overview

This book analyses the efforts of British civil society to help a Russia seen to be struggling between 1890 and the 1920s. Luke Kelly seeks to show why churches, pressure groups, charities, politicians and journalists came to promote religious and political liberty and to relieve the victims of famines in late-tsarist and early communist Russia. By focusing on the roles of Christian, Jewish and liberal interests in deploying humanitarian solutions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319651897
• ISBN13: 9783319651897
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"