Peter Kropotkin: Memoirs of a Revolutionary
Place and year of publication: Warsaw, 1959
Publisher: State Publishing Institute (PIW)
Binding: hardcover, cloth
Format: approx. 15 × 21 cm (similar to A5)
Number of pages: 596
Print run: 5,253 copies
Piotr Kropotkin (1842–1921) was a Russian geographer, philosopher, publicist, and one of the most prominent theorists of anarchism. He came from a princely family but abandoned a military career to devote himself to scholarly and revolutionary work. He was an opponent of the tsarist regime and an advocate of a society based on cooperation and freedom. He was imprisoned for his political activities and forced into exile. He wrote many socio-political works, including *Mutual Aid: A Factor of Progress*.
Memoirs of a Revolutionary is Peter Kropotkin’s autobiography. The author describes his childhood in Tsarist Russia, his military service, his scientific travels, and his revolutionary activities. The book also depicts the lives of 19th-century Russian revolutionaries, the realities of prisons, and political exile. It is simultaneously a record of the author’s personal experiences and reflections on freedom, social justice, and the struggle against oppression.
