Maria Botchkareva YASHKA Exile Woman Soldier 1919 1st ED withDJ WWI World War 1

Yashka: My Life as Peasant, Exile and Soldier (First Edition). Author: Botchkareva, Maria; Levine, Issac Don; [World War I]; Title: Yashka: My Life as Peasant, Exile and Soldier (First Edition) Publication: London: Constable & Company, 1919. London: Constable & Company, (1919). Good in Good Dust Jacket.

Front hinge cracked else tight binding; pages somewhat yellowed; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; some wear; a couple of small tears to ends of spine; dust jacket is worn with splitting along folds and small chips. Yashka is the autobiography of Maria Botchkareva, a young Russian woman who bravely took up arms first against the Germans in World War One, and then opposed the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Maria describes a hard upbringing as a member of the Russian peasantry. Married at sixteen to her first husband Afanasy, it wasn't long before his charms were replaced by physical abuse; Maria soon fled.

She applied for work as a servant girl, only to discover that the man advertising actually owned a string of brothels; she was promptly sent to the town of Sretensk to work in one. Such harsh experiences in youth nevertheless built a certain determination and toughness in the young Maria. When war broke out in 1914, she applied to join as a soldier - facing verbal abuse and sexual harassment from the outset, she nevertheless took to military life with eagerness and courage. The soldiers nicknamed her'Yashka', and a measure of respect was slowly gained as she demonstrated great bravery.

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Author: Botchkareva, Maria; Levine, Issac Don; [World War I
Publisher: London: Constable & Company
Year Printed: 1919
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Original/Facsimile: Original