From My Recent Past (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
116
Utgivningsdatum
2015-10-08
Förlag
Lexington Books
Översättare
Katya Vladimirov
Medarbetare
Vladimirov, Katya (introd.)/Moran, John P. (afterword)
Illustrationer
Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs
Dimensioner
231 x 152 x 13 mm
Vikt
318 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
9:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Case Laminate on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781498522175

From My Recent Past

Memoirs of a Revolutionary Terrorist

av Grigory Gershuni
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2015-10-08
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From My Recent Past is a memoir written by Russian revolutionary Grigory Gershuni (18701908), the infamous mastermind behind the Combat Organization (CO) of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SR). Grigory Gershuni envisioned himself a knight fighting the dragon of injustice, a believer in a Russian revolution that would sweep away an autocratic regime that made killers of its own children! In his view, his personal mission was to cut off the head of that dragon, i.e. eliminate the cruelest, corrupt, and lawless agents of the repressive tsarist regime. Over the course of nine years (from 1902 to 1911), he engaged seventy-eight members of his Combat Organization to commit 263 terrorist acts, including the assassination of two government ministers, thirty-three governors-general, a vice-governor, as well as several admirals and generals. This book depicts his revolutionary activities, his arrest, and proceedings before a military tribunal, a death sentence verdict that was replaced at the last minute by a life sentence, and years of imprisonment in the Peter and Paul and Shlisselburg fortresses. It is presented here in English translation by Katya Vladimirov, with an introduction by Katya Vladimirov and an afterword by John P. Moran.
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Gershunis account of his time in prison for revolutionary terrorism is fascinating and throws light on Russia of the early 20th century, on the Russian revolutionary movement, and on broader issues of radical terrorism. Katya Vladimirovs fine introduction explores Gershuni as a person and revolutionary in his historical setting, while Morans postscript thoughtfully puts him within the broader framework of modern terrorism. -- Rex Wade From My Recent Past is an important contribution not only to our knowledge of nineteenth-century Russian revolutionary politics but also to our understanding of the psychology and actions of terrorism today. Gershuni's memoir illuminates the abuses of Tsarist Russia and the attraction of political violence for well-educated and middle class youths. From My Recent Past also contains an excellent introduction to provide a proper historical perspective of the book and an afterword to show its contemporary relevance. Katya Vladimirov and John Moran have recovered a lost treasure of a forgotten Russian revolutionary whose memoir still possesses relevance for us in our age of terrorism and political violence. -- Lee Trepanier, Saginaw Valley State University Grigory Gershuni's newly translated autobiography is a welcome addition to the literature on the Russian revolutionary movement, especially as fleshed out by Katya Vladimirov's introductory essay and broadly contextualized by Jack Moran's concluding chapter. This new volume deserves to be widely read by historians of both Russia and terrorism. -- Randall Law, Birmingham-Southern University

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Katya Vladimirov is professor of history at Kennesaw State University. John P. Moran is professor of political science and international affairs at Kennesaw State University.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction, Katya Vladimirov Part One: Peter and Paul Fortress Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Part Two: Shlisselburg Fortress Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Afterword: Grigory Gershuni: Terrorism and the Politics of Resentment, Jack Moran

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