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050 00 $aHX313.8.Z37$bS55 2008
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100 1 $aSiljak, Ana,$d1969-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001032059
245 10 $aAngel of vengeance :$bthe girl assassin, the governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia's revolutionary world /$cAna Siljak.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2008.
300 $axi, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-354) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tAssassin -- $gCh. 2.$tDreams of Martyrdom -- $gCh. 3.$tNihilists -- $gCh. 4.$tThe New People -- $gCh. 5.$tDevils -- $gCh. 6.$tThe Fortress -- $gCh. 7.$tTo the People -- $gCh. 8.$tThe European Prison -- $gCh. 9.$tJustice -- $gCh. 10.$tThe Trial -- $gCh. 11.$tThe Turn to Terror -- $gCh. 12.$tNihilists Abroad.
520 1 $a"In the Russian Winter of 1878, a shy, aristocratic young woman named Vera Zasulich walked into the office of the governor of St. Petersburg, pulled a revolver from underneath her shawl, and shot General Fedor Trepov point-blank. "Revenge!" she cried - revenge for the governor's brutal treatment of a political prisoner." "Vera's trial for murder later that year became Russia's "trial of the century," closely followed by people all across Europe and America. On the first day of the trial, huge crowds packed the courtroom. The cream of Russian society, attired in the finery of the day, arrived to witness the theatrical testimony and deliberations in the case of the young angel of vengeance. After the trial, Vera became a celebrated martyr for all social classes in Russia and the public face of a burgeoning revolutionary fervor. Dostoyevsky (who attended the trial), Turgenev, Engels, and even Oscar Wilde all wrote about her extraordinary case. Her astonishing acquittal was celebrated across Europe, with crowds filling the streets, and the decision marked the changing face of Russia. After fleeing to Switzerland, Vera Zasulich became Russia's most famous terroristka, inspiring an entire generation of Russian and European revolutionaries to embrace violence and martyrdom. Her influence led to a series of acts that collectively became part of "the age of assassinations.""--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aZasulich, V. I.,$d1849-1919.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072775
650 0 $aSocialists$zRussia$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen revolutionaries$zRussia$vBiography.
651 0 $aRussia$xHistory$y1801-1917.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125796
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007042758-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007042758-d.html
852 00 $bglx$hHX313.8.Z37$iS55 2008