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Semyonova Tian-Shanskaia, Olga, 1863-1906.
Village life in late tsarist Russia : an ethnography by Olga
Semyonova Tian-Shanskaia / edited by David L. Ransel : translated by
David L. Ransel, with Michael Levine.
p. cm. — (Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East
European studies)
Translated from Russian.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-253-34797-I (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-253-20784-3 (pbk.)
I. Russia—Rural conditions. 2. Russia—Social
conditions—1801-1917. 3. Villages—Russia—History—I9th century.
4. Sex customs—Russia—History—I9th century. I. Ransel, David L.
II. Title. III. Series.
HN523.S46 1993

307.72'0947—dc20

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