Vladimir Burtsev and the struggle for a free Russia
Subtitle: a revolutionary in the time of Tsarism and Bolshevism
By: Robert Henderson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781472578891
Subjects: Politics and government; Revolutionaries; Biography
Description: Vladimir Burtsev and the Struggle for a Free Russia examines the life of the journalist, historian and revolutionary, Vladimir Burtsev. The book analyses his struggle to help liberate the Russian people from tsarist oppression in the latter half of the 19th century before going on to discuss his opposition to Bolshevism following the Russian Revolution of 1917. Robert Henderson traces Burtsev's political development during this time and explores his movements in Paris and London at different stages in an absorbing account of an extraordinary life. At all times Vladimir Burtsev and the Struggle for Free Russia sets Burtsev's life in the wider context of Russian and European history of the period. It uses Burtsev as a means to discuss topics such as European police collaboration, European prison systems, international diplomatic relations of the time and Russia's relationship with Europe specifically. Extensive original archival research and previously untranslated Russian source material is also incorporated throughout the text. This is an important study for all historians of modern Russia and the Russian Revolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The most hunted man in Europe?; title: 1862-1891: from piety to protest; title: 1891-1894: the time of small deeds; title: 1894-1899: return to London; title: 1899-1905: a man with few enemies; title: Part II. The Sherlock Holmes of the Russian Revolution; title: 1906-1914: the second emigration; title: 1914-1916: the prodigal returns; title: 1917: annus rebellatrix; title: Part III. A Russian Don Quixote; title: 1918-1921: White Paris; title: 1921-34: fight the GPU!; title: 1934-1942: Don Quixote's last stand.