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Waiting to die? Old age in the late Imperial Russian village (2023)
Journal Article
Badcock, S. (2023). Waiting to die? Old age in the late Imperial Russian village. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S008044012300021X

This article seeks to contribute to our understandings of old age in historical context through its focus on the experiences of and perceptions about older people in late Imperial Russian villages. Elderly people feature as an integral part of Russia... Read More about Waiting to die? Old age in the late Imperial Russian village.

Lower-Class Reading in Late Imperial Russia (2023)
Journal Article
Badcock, S., & Cowan, F. (2023). Lower-Class Reading in Late Imperial Russia. Russian Review, 82(4), 649-667. https://doi.org/10.1111/russ.12497

This article demonstrates widespread engagement of lower-class people with the written word in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russian Empire, in rural and urban locales, in homes, workplaces, and social spaces. We explore how lower-c... Read More about Lower-Class Reading in Late Imperial Russia.

Personal and political networks in 1917: Vladimir Zenzinov and the Socialist Revolutionary Party (2016)
Journal Article
Badcock, S. (2016). Personal and political networks in 1917: Vladimir Zenzinov and the Socialist Revolutionary Party. Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-00900008

This article explores the place of individuals, ideologies and personal and political networks in shaping the larger political landscape in revolutionary Russia. The shape and culture of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (psr) will be at the heart of... Read More about Personal and political networks in 1917: Vladimir Zenzinov and the Socialist Revolutionary Party.

From villains to victims: experiencing illness in Siberian exile (2013)
Journal Article
Badcock, S. (2013). From villains to victims: experiencing illness in Siberian exile. Europe-Asia Studies, 65(9), https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2013.840116

This essay presents the subjective experience of life and sickness for the punished in late Imperial Siberia, and the distinctions the punished made between legitimate and illegitimate forms of punishment. The essay also explores state policies towar... Read More about From villains to victims: experiencing illness in Siberian exile.