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Forgotten Lives: The Role of Lenin's Sisters in the

Forgotten Lives: The Role of Lenin's Sisters in the

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Our take on the Forgotten Lives: The Role of Lenin's Sisters in the

Forgotten Lives is Katy Turton's 2007 study of Anna, Maria and Olga Ulyanova, Lenin's sisters, and the parts they played in the revolutionary movement and in the Soviet state that followed. It is an academic monograph from Palgrave Macmillan, built on archival research, and it treats the sisters as political actors rather than as family background. Readers who want a family biography will find it dry and narrowly focused; readers of Russian revolutionary history get a close, documented account of women the standard Lenin literature mostly skips.

Best forReaders of Russian revolutionary historyStudents of women's roles in early Soviet politicsBiography readers who want archival detailAcademic and university library collections
Pros
  • Turns archival material on the Ulyanova sisters into a sustained political study
  • Treats the sisters as actors in the movement, not as Lenin's backdrop
  • Covers both the pre-1917 underground and the post-revolutionary years
  • Adds a documented angle most Lenin biographies leave out
Cons
  • Academic prose and dense detail make it slow going for general readers
  • Narrow scope: little on Lenin himself or on the wider revolution
  • A short monograph, so some episodes get only brief treatment
  • Dated scholarship; later work on the Ulyanov family has appeared since

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What reviewers say

Reception is mostly from academic reviewers, who treat it as a useful, carefully researched contribution on a neglected subject. They praise the archival work and the focus on the sisters' political lives, while noting the writing is dry and the audience narrow.

What people mention
  • ResearchPraisedReviewers credit the book with careful archival work on a subject usually ignored.
  • ScopeMixedIt is valued for its narrow focus but criticised for leaving out wider context.
  • Writing styleCriticisedReviewers describe the prose as academic and slow for general readers.
  • SubjectPraisedThe sisters are treated as political actors rather than as family background.

Specifications

Format
PaperbackSource
Language
English, GermanSource
Release Year
2007Source
Genre
Essays & Reportage, Biographies & Memoirs, History & ArcheologySource
Publisher

Questions and answers

Is this a biography of Lenin or of his sisters?
It is about the sisters: Anna, Maria and Olga Ulyanova. Lenin appears mainly as the figure their political lives revolved around.
Is it readable for a general history fan?
It is an academic monograph with dense archival detail. General readers may find it slow, but it needs no specialist training.
Does it cover the years after 1917?
Yes. It follows the sisters through the revolutionary underground and into the Soviet period, including their roles after the Bolsheviks took power.
What edition is this?
A 2007 Palgrave Macmillan paperback in English, with some German-language material. It is not a recent or revised edition.
How does it compare with standard Lenin biographies?
Standard biographies treat the sisters in passing. This book goes deep on them but gives little of the wider revolutionary story.
Where is the Forgotten Lives: The Role of Lenin's Sisters in the cheapest?
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Release Date
2007-01Source