A Generation of Revolutionaries. Nikolai Charushin and Russian Populism from the Great Reforms to Perestroika

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017.

Saburova T., Eklof B.

Nikolai Charushin's memoirs of his experience as a member of the revolutionary populist movement in Russia are familiar to historians, but A Generation of Revolutionaries provides a broader and more engaging look at the lives and relationships beyond these memoirs. It shows how, after years of incarceration, Charushin and friends thrived in Siberian exile, raising children and contributing to science and culture there. While Charushin's memoirs end with his return to european Russia, this sweeping biography follows this group as they engaged in Russia fin de siecle society, took part in the Russian revolution, and struggled in its aftermath. A Generation of Revolutionaries provides vibrant and deeply personal insights into the turbulent history of Russia from the Great Reforms to the era of Stalinism and beyond. In doing so, it tells the story of a remarkable circle of friends whose lives balanced love, family, and career with exile, imprisonment, and revolution.

Keywords: collective memory, zemstvo, gender, populism, Childhood, biography, 1917 revolution, revolutionary movement, generation, incarceration, revolution of 1905, Siberian exile

Publication based on the results of: The Ages of Learning: The Cultural Construction of Old Age, Youth, and Generations at Russian Universities between the 18th and the 20th centuries (2017)