Among Russian Sects and Revolutionists: The Extraordinary Life of Prince D. A. Khilkov

by Graham Camfield

Overview

This book explores the extraordinary life of Prince Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Khilkov, analysing the wide variety of his roles, from courageous officer and defender of the oppressed to revolutionary terrorist and returning Orthodox prodigal, through first-hand sources and autobiographical notes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034319591
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	07/31/2015
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Graham Camfield graduated in Russian Studies from the University of Leeds. He is currently Collection Development Manager at the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he has worked for nearly forty years. His principal research interest is in Russian sectarianism of the nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

Contents: The Khilkov Story: An Introduction – The Khilkovs in Peace and War – Among Cossacks and Exiles in Transcaucasia – Dissent in Pavlovki – Discovering Tolstoi – In the Shadow of Exile – Exile and Family Drama – The Khilkov Children – Sectarians and the State in Russia – Among the Doukhobors – Khilkov and the Doukhobor Exodus – The Break with Tolstoi – Khilkov, Bonch-Bruevich and the Sectarian Question – Khilkov the Revolutionary – Return to Pavlovki – Prince Khilkov Goes to War.