The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition, Social Life and Religion

651 pp. An account of the Russian proletariat, by the revolutionary and advocate of democracy who served as editor for 'Zemlia i Volia' (Land and Liberty), the print shop which lent its name to the clandestine political organization. He gained notoriety for assassinating General Nikolai Mezentsov, the chief of Gendarme corps and head of Russia's secret police. He wrote several books on revolutionary Russia. This edition was translated into English by Victor Adler, founder of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers Party. Contents include: The Russian Agrarian Question; The Moujiks and the Russian Democracy; Paternal Government; Hard Times; Popular Religion; The Rascol; Rationalistic Dissent; Modern Sectarianism; The Tragedy of Russian History - Conclusion.