Life in a penal battalion of the Imperial Russian Army : the Tolstoyan N.T. Iziumchenko's story / edited by Peter Brock and John L.H. Keep ; translated by John L.H. Keep.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izi︠u︡mchenko, N. T. (Nikolaĭ Trofimovich), 1867-1927.

Contributor:

Brock, Peter, 1920-2006.

Keep, John L. H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Izi︠u︡mchenko, N. T. (Nikolaĭ Trofimovich), 1867-1927.

Izi︠u︡mchenko, N. T.

Russia. Armii︠a︡--Prisons.

Russia.

Russia. Armii͡a.

Prisons.

Pacifists--Russia--19th century--Biography.

Pacifists.

Nazi concentration camps--Russia--History--19th century.

Nazi concentration camps.

Internment camps--Russia--History--19th century.

Internment camps.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 63 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

York : William Sessions Ltd, 2001.

Summary:

The Document published here for the first time in English presents a unique account by a young peasant conscript in the Imperial Russian army of what life was like for soldiers who fell foul of the tsarist military establishment and were then sentenced to serve in a penal battalion. The author of the memoir was himself a Tolstoyan, who followed the pacifist teaching of the great Russian novelist. As a result of his refusal to bear arms he spent two years in a penal battalion. N. T. Iziumchenko's narrative points to an alternative tradition of nonviolent protest against injustice and commitment to universal values. It shows that in Russia such sentiments were by no means confined to the westernized intelligentsia but had authentic popular roots.

Contents:

N. T. Iziumchenko's Story 1

I Under 'Obligatory Arrest' 3

II In No. 5 Company

Until Dinner 9

III Dinner 17

IV A Work Day with the Company 22

V In Church 28

VI Activities after Dinner 33

VII A Walk 41

VIII The General Inspection 48

IX In the Infirmary 55

X The Jubilee Holiday 61.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1850722617

OCLC:

46693203