Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the nobility and had a military education, but he gradually abandoned the values of his social class and became an anti-authoritarian socialist, opposed to both the rule of the Tsars and to the seizing of power by the authoritarian Bolsheviks. He was also interested in literature, biology, economics and geographical exploration. This first volume of his memoirs covers his childhood, his education, and the time he spent in Siberia.(Introduction by Elin)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
00 - Preface
15:31 - Chapter 2
01 - Childhood I-II
12:44 - Chapter 3
02 - Childhood III
11:42 - Chapter 4
03 - Childhood IV
17:42 - Chapter 5
04 - Childhood V
09:14 - Chapter 6
05 - Childhood VI
16:10 - Chapter 7
06 - Childhood VII
24:25 - Chapter 8
07 - Childhood VIII
27:50 - Chapter 9
08 - Childhood IX-X
14:48 - Chapter 10
09 - The Corps of Pages I
24:13 - Chapter 11
10 - The Corps of Pages II
21:30 - Chapter 12
11 - The Corps of Pages III
16:16 - Chapter 13
12 - The Corps of Pages IV
12:03 - Chapter 14
13 - The Corps of Pages V-VI
25:00 - Chapter 15
14 - The Corps of Pages VII
09:33 - Chapter 16
15 - The Corps of Pages VIII
27:56 - Chapter 17
16 - The Corps of Pages IX
28:35 - Chapter 18
17 - Siberia I
27:07 - Chapter 19
18 - Siberia II
11:02 - Chapter 20
19 - Siberia III
20:30 - Chapter 21
20 - Siberia IV
28:27 - Chapter 22
21 - Siberia V
18:32 - Chapter 23
22 - Siberia VI-VII
19:20 - Chapter 24
23 - Siberia VIII
11:19