Father

Peter Kropotkin

Kropotkin's father was a strict, aristocratic landowner who held traditional expectations for his son, creating a relationship of duty and tension.

Alexander II

Alexander II and Kropotkin's father had a formal relationship as tsar and noble subject, with the father serving the imperial court.

Másha

Masha was a servant or serf in the Kropotkin household, with a complex relationship of dependency and affection with the father.

General Timofeev

Kropotkin's father and General Timofeev were fellow aristocrats and military men, likely acquaintances in the same social circles.

Peter Kropotkin

Kropotkin's father was a strict, aristocratic landowner who held traditional expectations for his son, creating a relationship of duty and tension.

Peter Kropotkin

Kropotkin's father was a strict, aristocratic landowner who held traditional expectations for his son, creating a relationship of duty and tension.

Alexander II

Alexander II and Kropotkin's father had a formal relationship as tsar and noble subject, with the father serving the imperial court.

Másha

Masha was a servant or serf in the Kropotkin household, with a complex relationship of dependency and affection with the father.

Másha

Masha was a servant or serf in the Kropotkin household, with a complex relationship of dependency and affection with the father.

Memoirs of a Revolutionist

Peter's father, a conservative figure whose authority contrasted with Peter's growing rebelliousness.

Part I: Childhood

Kropotkin's father, a retired army officer and landowner, who embodies the autocratic and serf-owning aristocracy.

I

Kropotkin's father, a retired officer who held a quiet position in Moscow and owned houses in the quarter.

II

Seldom seen by the children after their mother's death.

III

A typical officer of Nicholas I's time, proud of his family's noble origins and military decorum.

Two Years After Mother's Death: A New Life Begins

The prince who remarries and imposes a strict educational regime with a French tutor.

V

Delighted by Peter's appointment as page candidate; dreams of a court career for his son.

VI

Kropotkin's father, a rich landed proprietor who owned nearly twelve hundred serfs, maintained a large household with many servants and a private band, and was known for his leniency and patronage despite fits of rage.

VII

Prince Alexéi Petróvich Kropotkin; issues detailed orders for provisioning and migration, maintains strict discipline.

VIII

Peter's father; a strict landowner who punishes serfs, but later reflects on serfdom after abolition.

IX

Mentioned as part of the family; the household's reaction to war news is described.

IX

Stepmother's sisters arrived as refugees from Sebastopol; she warned against speaking before the men.

III

Kropotkin's father, who forbade the brothers from meeting and read their letters.

IV

Proposes Peter travel by public carriage to save his stepmother a double journey.

VIII

The author's father, a landlord who sold land in anticipation of emancipation and later had his Tambóv estate rented by the mir.

I

Displeased with Peter's abandonment of military service; hates civilian dress.

VII

Ailing and bewildered by the changes around him; dies shortly after the visit.