Political Girl: Life and Fate in Russia

Political Girl: Life and Fate in Russia - Hardcover

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Political Girl: Life and Fate in Russia - Hardcover

Political Girl: Life and Fate in Russia - Hardcover

by Maria Alyokhina
$32.50
$32.50

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by Maria Alyokhina (Author)

From a member of the Pussy Riot collective: An urgent, intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin's Russia

Picking up where Riot Days left off, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences between 2014 to 2022. In vivid, diary-like vignettes, we follow her as she goes in and out of Russian prisons, continually dodges police violence, protests at the Sochi Olympics, flies to Kyiv to stand in solidarity with Ukraine, defends the high-level dissident Alexi Navalny, drops banners at Trump Tower, and--in 2022--flees from Russia in disguise to escape a new prison sentence.

Spanning settings from Moscow to London to New York to Harvard, Political Girl has an artistic sensibility, a punk ethos, a deep moral clarity, and an inimitably dry Russian wit. It portrays not only Masha's political activities but also her personal arc: the friends she makes in prison, the woman she falls in love with, her bond with her young son Filip, and her deep passion for art and history. As Trump attempts to bring Putin-style authoritarianism to the U.S., Masha's message to Americans is one of solidarity and hope.

Author Biography

Maria (Masha) Alyokhina is a political activist, artist and member of the Pussy Riot collective. She is a recipient of the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace and has also been awarded the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought.

Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1.61 x 8.61 x 5.81 IN
Publication Date: December 09, 2025
ISBN9780807024287
Author Maria Alyokhina
PublisherBeacon Press
GenreBiography, History, and Education
FormatHardcover
PublishedDecember 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages480
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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