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The strange Comrade Balabanoff : the life of a communist rebel
- Title
- The strange Comrade Balabanoff : the life of a communist rebel / Maria Lafont.
- Author
- Lafont, Maria.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- x, 232 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Born in 1878 to a wealthy Ukrainian family, Angelica Balabanoff broke ties with her parents and left for Europe to become one of the leading female socialists of the early 20th century. She died in Rome at the age 96, concluding her 65-year career by supporting Giuseppe Saragat in his quest to become president of Italy"--
- Subjects
- Women socialists > Soviet Union > Biography
- Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936
- Balabanoff, Angelica, 1878-1965
- Women socialists > Europe > Biography
- Women socialists > Ukraine > Biography
- Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953
- Socialists > Soviet Union > Biography
- Socialism > Europe > History > 20th century
- Europe > Politics and government > 20th century
- Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 > Friends and associates
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
- Contents
- A natural-born rebel -- Professional nomination -- Alone with Lenin -- A female lecturer -- Forming Il Duce -- Female journalist -- Expulsion -- International spy -- Lenin's favorite, Mussolini's most trusted -- Mussolini's elegy -- A well-hidden family -- Back to Russia -- De facto ambassador to the Scandinavian countries -- Dining with the Lenins -- Post-mortem research -- Organizing the first and only general strike in Switzerland -- Vice President of Foreign Affairs to the Ukraine -- Governor of Odessa -- Lenin's most trusted agent -- Freemason without an apron -- An adolescent Armenian boy -- Persona non grata -- The spy whom I loved -- The foundation of Angelica Balabanoff -- Under FBI surveillance -- The Red Popessa -- Afterword: Ten birth dates.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-7459
- ISBN
- 9780786498789 (softcover : alkaline paper)
- 0786498781 (softcover : alkaline paper)
- 9781476623634 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2016003942
- OCLC
- 936234511
- Author
- Lafont, Maria.
- Title
- The strange Comrade Balabanoff : the life of a communist rebel / Maria Lafont.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-7459