Forgotten Lives - by K Turton (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Forgotten Lives explores the lives and work of Lenin's sisters, Anna, Ol'ga and Mariia, and the role they played in the Russian Revolution. It traces their early revolutionary careers and contributions to the underground movement, their work for the Party and the State after October 1917, and their relationship with Lenin and Stalin.

Review Quotes

'...Turton has succeeded in (re)asserting the role of Lenin's sisters in the Russian revolution.' - Jane McDermid, Europe-Asia Studies

'Katy Turton's book makes a valuable contribution not only to Russian and Soviet women's history but also to studies of the changing trajectories of the Russian revolutionary movement...It is accessible to both undergraduate and postgraduate students alike, as well as providing as useful resource for researchers. If future biographers of Lenin chose to write their accounts without reference to Turton's study they will be doing us a great disservice.' - Melanie Ilic, Revolutionary Russia

About the Author

KATY TURTON is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen and the University of Strathclyde, UK, and completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow in 2004. She joined Queen's University, Belfast, as a lecturer in European History in 2005. Her research interests include the role of women in the Russian revolutionary movement.