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Alexandra "Sasha" Kropotkin (1887–1966) was a New York-based writer and Russian language translator. Born in British exile to the Russian scientist and anarchist Peter Kropotkin , the socially prominent family returned to Russia from the 1917 revolution through his death several years later.
- Writer, translator
- April 15, 1887, Bromley, London, England
- Sasha Kropotkin
- July 4, 1966 (aged 79), New York City, United States
Alexandra "Sasha" Kropotkin (1887–1966) was a New York-based writer and Russian language translator. Born in British exile to the Russian scientist and anarchist Peter Kropotkin, the socially prominent family returned to Russia from the 1917 revolution through his death several years later.
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Alexandra Petrovna "Sasha" Kropotkin (April 15, 1887 - July 4, 1966) was the daughter of Peter Kropotkin. Emma Goldman knew her in the U.S.S.R. She later wrote articles about Russia for New Outlook magazine, edited by Alfred Emmanuel Smith. Princess Alexandra Kropotkin was a direct descendent of the Rurik Dynasty.
Dec 17, 2023 · Imagine pondering Lenin’s caring comfort while reading the summary of daughter Alexandra Kropotkin’s talk at a 9 May 1961 memorial marking the fortieth anniversary of her father’s death: The Bolsheviks wanted to make political capital out of Kropotkin’s popularity. In public they seemed to do everything possible to make him comfortable.
The Brothers Karamazov: Translation Revised by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin. Illustrations by Georgette de Lattre: Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Publisher: Lit Guild, 1949: Length: 483 pages : Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote RefMan
6 Peter Kropotkin’s only child Alexandra Kropotkin (1887–1966) was always known in family circles as “Sasha.” 7 Sergei Mikhailovich Kravchinsky (1851–1895), pseudonym— Stepniak, was a militant Narodnik revolutionary who fatally stabbed General Mezentsov in 1878 and fled abroad. He set-
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