Yashka My Life as Peasant, Officer and Exile: the Recollections of the Founder and Commander of the Russian Women's Battalion of Death During the Firs

by Maria Botchkareva

Book Overview

The modern 'Joan of Arc' of the Great War and Russian Revolution

This the story of an astonishing life told in her own words. Maria Botchkareva (whose nickname was Yashka) was not only a soldier in the Russian Army who fought in combat during the First World War, she was also the first woman to command a military unit in the Russian Army. Born a peasant, Yashka left home at 16 years old, coerced into prostitution and tramped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782827919
• ISBN13: 9781782827917
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"