Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2023-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 202 Bochkareva, Mariia 1889 1920 Bochkareva, Mariia Leontievna Frolkova Botchkareva, Maria Frolkova, Mariia Leontievna Бочкарёва, Мари́я Лео́нтьевна Levine, Isaac Don 1892 1981 Yashka : $b My life as peasant, exile and soldier $aUnited Kingdom :$bConstable and Company Limited, $c1919. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Yashka: My Life as Peasant, Exile and Soldier" by Maria Botchkareva and Isaac Don Levine is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This autobiography reflects on the transformative life of Botchkareva, a peasant girl who rises to command a battalion of women soldiers during World War I. The narrative follows her journey of hardship, resilience, and bravery, emphasizing her struggle against societal norms and personal adversities in a rapidly changing Russia. At the start of the book, Botchkareva recounts her childhood filled with toil and poverty, describing the harsh realities of her family life, particularly under her father's oppressive behavior. She reflects on formative experiences that shaped her identity, from her early sense of injustice to her tumultuous marriage at a young age and subsequent attempts to escape her abusive husband. The opening portions set a poignant tone as she navigates through significant hardships, detailing her encounters with death, despair, and her indomitable spirit that ultimately propels her forward. As such, readers are introduced to a powerful narrative that explores themes of survival and the quest for autonomy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/yashkamylifeaspe00bochuoft/page/n7/mode/2up 20201112092836botchkarev 1919 GB Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Russian DK Text Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) 651376 2025-07-28T03:33:52.461332 text/html 654025 2023-03-06T01:28:14 text/html 705038 2025-07-28T03:34:01.563253 application/epub+zip 700896 2025-07-28T03:33:54.363291 application/epub+zip 383809 2025-07-28T03:33:53.298319 application/epub+zip 1086144 2025-07-28T03:34:06.933240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1045736 2025-07-28T03:34:00.716271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609101 2025-07-28T03:33:51.135319 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 608876 2023-03-06T01:28:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19323 2025-07-28T03:34:07.085221 application/rdf+xml 12100 2025-07-28T03:33:53.626288 image/jpeg 1947 2025-07-28T03:33:53.458295 image/jpeg 224767 2023-03-06T01:28:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 855253 2023-03-06T01:28:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 867790 2025-07-28T03:33:52.519325 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia