Sophia Bardina

Sophia Bardina, from an 1891 publication.

Sophia Bardina (Tambov, Russia 1853 - Geneva, Switzerland ?) was a Russian revolutionary.

Biography

She was born to a violent father,[1] and turned to her studies for solace. Bardina went to Moscow and became friends with Olga Liubatovich and they went to study in Geneva.[2] She joined a revolutionary group and newspaper and was known as "the 'Auntie' of the old Fritsche group of medical students".[3]

She started working in a factory in Russia where she was arrested and sentenced to 9 years hard labour in Siberia. She managed to escape back to Switzerland, where she committed suicide.[2]

Quotes

"Yes, we are anarchists, but, for us, anarchy does not signify disorder, but harmony in all social relations; for us, anarchy is nothing but the negation of oppressions which stifle the development of free societies."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cathy Porter, Fathers and Daughters: Russian Women in Revolution (Virago 1976).
  2. 1 2 "Sophia Bardina". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  3. 1 2 Alex Butterworth, The World that never was: A true story of dreamers, schemers, anarchists and secret agents (Vintage 2011): 171.

An online biography of Sophia Bardina by John Simkin.

The book contains a biography of Bardina written in Odia in 1958

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