Russia Through Women's Eyes: Autobiographies from Tsarist Russia

by Toby W. Clyman

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century Russia has been known to the West mainly through the writings of men. Russian women, however, were far from silent and have left vivid testimony about their families, their education, their careers, and their country. This collection presents, for the first time in English, the lives of eleven remarkable Russian women as told in their own words.

These autobiographies span the century and cover a wide range of classes and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300067542
• ISBN13: 9780300067545
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"