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- Birth nameAlexandra Petrovna Kropotkin
- Alexandra Kropotkin was born on April 15, 1887 in Bromley, London, England, UK. She died on July 4, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.
- A descendant of the Rurik Dynasty, the various branches of which ruled Russia from 862 - 1598, when the "Time of Troubles" (1598-1613) gave way to the establishment of the Romanovs. Among its rulers was the infamous Ivan IV "The Terrible".
- Daughter and only child of anarchist Prince Peter Kropotkin, who had served for as an aide to Tsar Alexander II in 1862. Peter gained world-wide fame for his daring escape in 1876 from the Peter and Paul Fortress (St. Petersburg, Russia) after being arrested for subversive activity. She and her mother returned with Peter to Russia in 1917 during the so-called "February Revolution", but his enthusiasm for the changes occurring turned to disappointment when the Bolsheviks seized power in the so-called "October Revolution". Alexandra left Russia after her father's death in 1921.
- Known for her English translations of Lev Tolstoy's "War and Peace", and Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Also authored "How to Cook and Eat in Russian" (1947).
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