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Cover -- Revolutionary Philanthropy: Aid To Political Prisoners And Exiles In Late Imperial Russia -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List Of Maps -- Terms And Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Looking Backward: The Genesis Of Aid To Political Prisoners -- Origins Of Forms And Practices Of Aid -- Political Philanthropy Or Revolutionary Humanitarianism -- Outline -- Part I: Precedents And Origins: The Deep Roots Of Aid To Prisoners And Exiles -- 1: From Charity To Subversion: The Deep Roots Of Aid To Prisoners And Exiles -- Prison Philanthropy In The Early 1800s The Heroic Exile In The House Of The Dead -- The Radicalization Of Mutual Aid -- The Stillborn First Child: The Curious History Of The Vspomogatel'nyi Fond -- 2: Outrage And Empathy: Revolutionary Philanthropy And The Origins Of A Political Red Cross -- The Red Cross As Model And Foil -- The Origins Of A Political Red Cross -- Building Support: Empathy And Justice -- Administrative Exile And Liberal Public Opinion -- Part Ii: The Revolutionary Underground: The Rise And Fall Of The Red Cross Of The People's Will 3: Terror And Philanthropy: The Rise And Fall Of The Red Cross Of The People's Will -- Before The Cataclysm -- The Siberian Red Cross -- The Short Ascendancy Of The Red Cross Of The People's Will -- The Kknv's Rapid Downfall -- The Red Cross Of The Polish Proletariat -- Beyond The Red Cross Of The People's Will -- 4: Time Once Again: The Curious Persistence Of Political Aid Across The Russian Empire -- Prisoner Aid In Moscow After The Demise Of The Kknv -- The Petersburg Oppsiz After The Blue Cross -- Provincial Aid Groups Through The 1880s Part Ii: Émigrés And Foreign Publics: The Foreign Branch Of The Red Cross Of The People's Will -- 5: Political Philanthropy Goes Abroad: The Foreign Branch Of The Red Cross Of The People's Will -- Turning To The Outside For Help -- Grandiose Plans For Amelioration -- Establishing A Red Cross Abroad -- Publicity, Reprisals, And Disappointment -- 6: Russian Émig