Russian revolutionary; spent 14 years in prison camps, 13 years in penal servitude in Siberia, 2 years in exile, 1871-1917; in the U.S. she was known as Catherine Breshkovsky.
From the description of Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskai︢a︡ papers, 1911-1931 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166941
BIOGRAHICAL NOTE
1844, January 13
Born, Vitebsk, Russia
1873
Began revolutionary activity
1874
Joined the Chaikovskii "To the People" Movement in St. Petersburg. Arrested and sentenced to five years of hard labor
1879
Exiled to Siberia
1896
Received permission to return to European Russia.
Returned and was active in the Socialist-Revolutionary Party
1903
Participated in the International Socialist Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1903
1905
Travelled abroad
1905
Illegally returned to Russia
1908
Arrested and sentenced to lifetime exile in Siberia
1917
Freed from exile by the February Revolution
1921
Left Russia to live in emigration
1931
Author, Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution
1934, September 12
Died, Prague, Czechoslovakia
From the guide to the Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia Miscellaneous Papers, 1919-1931, (Hoover Institution Archives)
Russian revolutionary; spent 14 years in prison camps, 13 years in penal servitude in Siberia, 2 years in exile, 1871-1917; in the U.S. she was known as Catherine Breshkovsky.
Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, 1844-1934
"The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution"
Catherine Breshkovsky, as she was known in the United States, was one of the early revolutionary workers. She was the first woman to be sent to the mines for a political offense and spent most of her life either in prison or in exile. (From 1871-1917 she spent 14 years in prison camps; 13 years in penal servitude in Siberia; 10 years in conspiratory work; 6 years under strict surveillance by the police; 2 years in exile out of the country and only 8 months, in 1917, of freedom in her work in Russia.)
Throughout her life she exerted great energy in her unrelenting struggle to bring democracy to the people of her country. She showed extreme patriotism and her love for the Russian people was unbounded. Her confidence in the final outcome of the struggle for freedom, in which she was engaged, was unshakable. Her absolute unselfishness and her constant thoughtfulness for the welfare and happiness of others was one of her greatest assets. She never complained of the injustice and hardship which she personally endured, but alwaysstroveto help others and never lost hope or failed in courage.
From the guide to the Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia papers, 1911-1931, (Manuscripts and Archives)
Russian revolutionary; spent 14 years in prison camps, 13 years in penal servitude in Siberia, 2 years in exile, 1871-1917; in the U.S. she was known as Catherine Breshkovsky.
Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, 1844-1934
"The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution"
Catherine Breshkovsky, as she was known in the United States, was one of the early revolutionary workers. She was the first woman to be sent to the mines for a political offense and spent most of her life either in prison or in exile. (From 1871-1917 she spent 14 years in prison camps; 13 years in penal servitude in Siberia; 10 years in conspiratory work; 6 years under strict surveillance by the police; 2 years in exile out of the country and only 8 months, in 1917, of freedom in her work in Russia.)
Throughout her life she exerted great energy in her unrelenting struggle to bring democracy to the people of her country. She showed extreme patriotism and her love for the Russian people was unbounded. Her confidence in the final outcome of the struggle for freedom, in which she was engaged, was unshakable. Her absolute unselfishness and her constant thoughtfulness for the welfare and happiness of others was one of her greatest assets. She never complained of the injustice and hardship which she personally endured, but alwaysstroveto help others and never lost hope or failed in courage.
From the guide to the Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia papers, 1911-1931, (Manuscripts and Archives)
