1897. Containing a concluding chapter and letter by Leo Tolstoy. Tchertkoff writes with the intent of bringing to light the suffering of the Russian Doukhobortsi (Spirit-Wrestlers) who were persecuted and martyred as a result of their religious beliefs. Contents: The Spirit-Wrestlers; The Spirit-Wrestlers One Hundred Years Ago; The Character and Principles of the Spirit-Wrestlers Today; Military Prisoners Lebedeff and Companions; The Burning of Arms June 1895, and The Execution; Conscription, Arrests, Imprisonments, Exile; and Present Condition of Those Who were Banished, etc. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.