Name Sophia Bardina | ||
Died April 26, 1883, Geneva, Switzerland | ||
Sophia Bardina (Tambov, Russia 1853 - Geneva, Switzerland ?) was a Russian revolutionary.
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Biography
She was born to a violent father, went to study in Geneva, Switzerland, where she joined a revolutionary group and newspaper and was known as "the 'Auntie' of the old Fritsche group of medical students". 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.
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."
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