Maria Barabanova. Savely Zlatopolsky, Member of the People’ s Will Party. Addendum. Savely Zlatopolsky. Testimonies. Notes. Letters

This chapter is on Savely Zlatopolsky (1856/57–1885), a member of the Executive Committee of the People’ s Will (Narodnaya Volya) party, a figure undeservedly overlooked not only by researchers, but also by other memoirists. It contains Zlatopolsky’s full testimony records, his secret notes from the Peter and Paul Fortress, and three letters to his relatives. This material is valuable because provides not only a picture of the revolutionary movement during the period, but also, and most importantly, of Zlatopolsky himself, who left no diaries or memoirs. Supporting the revolutionary movement of the 1870s, he stood apart from it i n many respects: his political and social views diverged from the views of the revolutionary youth of that era. This made him almost a renegade; he believed neither in going «to the people» nor in the readiness of the peasantry for a mass uprising. He fully joined the revolutionary movement only when it set itself political tasks. Having become a member of Narodnaya Volya, and now regarding terrorism as a method of revolutionary struggle, he was still in many ways a dissenter, believing that the first task of the revolutionary movement was to make Russia democratic rather than establish socialism.

Moisei Beregovsky. Letters from a Camp. Edited and introduced by Evgeniia Khazdan

Moisei Beregovsky, folklorist and researcher into the musical culture of Eastern European Jews, was arrested in 1950 on charges of «anti-Soviet nationalist activity» and sent in the Ozerny corrective labor camp. This paper is based on documents relating to his five years in prison. The publication of Beregovsky’s letters is supplemented by excerpts from his investigation file and other documents, as well as passages from his wife’s letters. Analysis of these materials makes it possible to identify most of the people mentioned in the letters and to understand both the general living conditions of camp inmates at the time and Beregovsky’s inner life — an inner life which enabled him to maintain his dignity and remain true to his cause.

«Why did you stay alive?» An Interview with Boris Kamenko. Edited and introduced by Irina Rebrova