How quackers saved Russia
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The terrifying hunger of 1921 put the Soviet government before the inevitable decision: to recognize the catastrophe and accept foreign assistance. For a short time, more than twenty contracts were signed with international organizations that expressed the desire to help Soviet Russia. The third on this list was the contract of the People"s Commissariat for Quakers. Quakers, or a religious society of friends, is a Protestant Christian Church, the history of whose interaction with Russia begins in the 17th century. From 1916 to 1931, quackers were able to quite peacefully and fruitfully cooperate with all the authorities: with the officials of tsarist Russia, with the Czechoslovak legionnaires and the Bolsheviks. This cooperation contributed to the salvation of hundreds of thousands of people who survived thanks to the quaker soldiers, doctors, tractors and horses. In Russia, practically nothing is known about this help, the names of the saviors are forgotten, good deeds are forgotten. Sergei Nikitin, a long -term representative of Amnesty International in Russia and a researcher of the history of Quakers, seeks to restore historical justice with his book. The book is preceded by an introductory article by a senior researcher at IRI RAS and a member of the free historical society Vladislav Aksenov, who introduces the Quaker initiatives into the socio-political context of the era
Author:
Author:Nikitin Sergey Anatolyevich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Culture
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Series:
Series: What is Russia
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-448-1242-6
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