Conscription and the Search for Modern Russian Jewry

by Olga Litvak

"Olga Litvak has written a book of astonishing originality and intellectual force. . . . In vivid prose, she takes the reader on a journey through the Russian-Jewish literary imagination." --Benjamin Nathans

Russian Jews were first conscripted into the Imperial Russian army during the reign of Nicholas I in an effort to integrate them into the population of the Russian Empire. Conscripted minors were to serve, in practical terms, for life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253348080
• ISBN13: 9780253348081
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher