Petr Alekseevič Kropotkin Papers

Period C.1870-c.1900
Total size  2 microfilms

Biography

Born in Moscow 1842, died in Dmitrov, near Moscow 1921; geographer, revolutionary and anarchist thinker; born into the Russian aristocracy; became an active revolutionary in 1872; lived in exile from 1876, from 1886 in Britain; founder of Le Révolté, contributor to Freedom, and author of many influential anarchist publications; in 1917 he returned to Russia.

Content

Some correspondence with his brother Aleksandr A. Kropotkin, his wife Sof'ja G. Kropotkina, James Guillaume and others.

Location of originals

Originals in the Russian State Library (former Lenin Library) in Moscow