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Yashka My Life as Peasant, Officer and Exile - the Recollections of the Founder and Commander of the Russian Women's... Yashka My Life as Peasant, Officer and Exile - the Recollections of the Founder and Commander of the Russian Women's Battalion of Death During the First World War (Hardcover)
Maria Botchkareva
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Yashka - My Life as a Peasant, Exile and Soldier; A Biography and History of Russia in WW1, and the Bolshevik Revolution... Yashka - My Life as a Peasant, Exile and Soldier; A Biography and History of Russia in WW1, and the Bolshevik Revolution (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Maria Botchkareva, Isaac Don Levine
R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Yashka. Una donna combattente nella prima guerra mondiale: Isaac Levine Yashka. Una donna combattente nella prima guerra mondiale
Isaac Levine; Translated by Alberto Palazzi; Maria Botchkareva
R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Yashka My Life as Peasant, Officer and Exile - the Recollections of the Founder and Commander of the Russian Women's... Yashka My Life as Peasant, Officer and Exile - the Recollections of the Founder and Commander of the Russian Women's Battalion of Death During the First World War (Paperback)
Maria Botchkareva
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Yashka - My Life as a Peasant, Exile and Soldier; A Biography and History of Russia in WW1, and the Bolshevik Revolution... Yashka - My Life as a Peasant, Exile and Soldier; A Biography and History of Russia in WW1, and the Bolshevik Revolution (Paperback)
Maria Botchkareva, Isaac Don Levine
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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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