In the shadow of revolution : life stories of Russian women from 1917 to the second World War /
edited by Sheila Fitzpatrick and Yuri Slezkine ; translated by Yuri Slezkine.
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2000.
- viii, 443 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Lives and times / Sheila Fitzpatrick ; Lives as tales / Yuri Slezkine -- Part I. Civil war as a way of life (1917-1920) My reminiscences (1) / Ekaterina Olitskaia ; In 1917 / Anna Litveiko ; Where laughter is never heard / P. E. Melgunova-Stepanova ; A mother's story / Anna Andzhievskaia ; The road to exile / Zinaida Zhemchuzhnaia ; Autobiography / Nadezhda Krupskaia ; Things seen and suffered / Tatiana Varsher ; Cavalry boy / Zinaida Patrikeeva ; Recollections / Irina Elenevskaia ; The way of bitterness / Sofia Volkonskaia -- Part II. Toward "new forms of life" (The 1920s) My life / Agrippina Korevanova ; What am I to do? / Anonymous ; My reminiscences (2) / Ekaterina Olitskaia ; Why I do not belong in the party / Paraskeva Ivanova ; Arina's children / Maria Belskaia ; Sent by the Komsomol / Antonina Solovieva ; Peasant narratives (1) / Nenila Bazeleva et al. ; A worker's life / Anna Balashova ; Students in the first Five-year plan / Valentina Bogdan ; Building the city of youth / Alla Kiparenko ; A Belomor confession / Anna Iankovskaia ; The green lamp / Lidia Libedinskaia -- Part III. "Life has become merrier" (The 1930s) The most important thing / Pasha Angelina ; Peasant narratives (2) / Efrosinia Kislova et al. ; We were fighting for an idea! / Fruma Treivas ; Speeches by Stakhanovites / N. I. Slavnikova et al. ; A cross-examination / Ulianova ; A sea captain's story / Anna Shchetinina ; Farewell to the Komsomol / Kh. Khuttonen ; Autobiography / Anastasia Plotnikova ; Speeches by Stakhanovites' wives / A. V. Vlasovskaia et al. ; A family chronicle / Inna Shikheeva-Gaister ; The story of my life / Evdokia Maslennikova ; Memoirs of an engineer / Valentina Bogdan ; Engineers' wives / Frida Troib et al. ; My reminiscences (3) / Ekaterina Olitskaia.