Yashka is the autobiography of Maria Botchkareva, a young Russian
woman who bravely took up arms first against the Germans in World
War One, and then opposed the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution
of 1917. Maria describes a hard upbringing as a member of the
Russian peasantry. Married at sixteen to her first husband Afanasy,
it wasn't long before his charms were replaced by physical abuse;
Maria soon fled. She applied for work as a servant girl, only to
discover that the man advertising actually owned a string of
brothels; she was promptly sent to the town of Sretensk to work in
one. Such harsh experiences in youth nevertheless built a certain
determination and toughness in the young Maria. When war broke out
in 1914, she applied to join as a soldier - facing verbal abuse and
sexual harassment from the outset, she nevertheless took to
military life with eagerness and courage. The soldiers nicknamed
her 'Yashka', and a measure of respect was slowly gained as she
demonstrated great bravery.
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