Life in a penal battalion of the Imperial Russian Army : the Tolstoyan N.T. Iziumchenko's story /
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 th...
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| Language: | English Russian |
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York :
William Sessions Ltd,
2001
York : 2001 |
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Table of 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