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Ana siljak in the winter of 1878 a shy noblewoman, vera zasulich, walked up to the governor of st. Her book on nineteenthcentury russian terrorism, angel of vengeance. Jun 12, 2008 ana siljak is assistant professor of russian and east european history at queens university in ontario, canada. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Project muse terrorism, modernity, and the question of. Ana siljak center for russian, east european and eurasian. Petersburg and sparked the age of assassination ebook written by ana siljak.
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