Praskovya Ivanovskaya (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Praskovya Ivanovskaya (Russian: ) was a Russian revolutionary, member of both the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) and Socialist-Revolutionary Party. Praskovya was born in Tula, in 1853. She was the daughter of a priest, and her mother died when she was young, leaving her to be educated at the local boarding school. Ivanovskaya's older brother, Vasily Ivanovsky, was a medical student who had become a follower of Sergey Nechayev. It was through her brother that Praskovya became interested in revolutionary activity, and was able to acquire radical literature which she distributed at her school. This resulted in her arrest, though she was released without charge. After finishing her studies, Praskovya moved to Odessa where she immediately made contact with other radicals living in the city.