She fought for the equal rights of people of different nationalities, loved dangerous adventures and had encyclopedic knowledge. Death overtook the heroine when she was in a hurry to help the wounded.
In the Russian Empire, not only the absence of equal rights between people of different affluence and representatives of different classes was legislated. They could restrict their rights on ethnic and religious grounds. Those who did not want to endure such oppression joined the ranks of the revolutionaries. Among them were women.
Childhood
Berta was born in September 1874 in the city of Mir near Minsk. The happy father was the local tradesman Kalman Slutsky. He was a competent person and wanted to give a good education to his many children. Soon after adding to the family, he organized a move to Minsk. Jews were forbidden to live in the capital, because it was necessary to find a provincial town, where there were good prospects for study and career.
Minsk city, where the Slutsky family lived
At the new place of residence, the head of the family worked in a shop and taught the Hebrew language. The income from his work, this worthy husband invested in the future of his heirs. Baby Bertha attended preparatory courses, and then a gymnasium. A smart girl surprised her parents - she pulled up her level of knowledge at home, passed the exams as an external student and went to Kiev to receive the profession of a doctor.
Youth
The girl returned home as an upscale dentist. She opened her office and received patients there, whose quality of work made her forget about national prejudices and neglect of the female sex. In 1898, Bert's brother Samuel told his sister about his new acquaintance, Evgenia Gurevich. At one time, this lady was in the organization "Land of Will", and now has focused on translations into Russian of the works of foreign authors. She attracted the guy not by her well-readness, but by the ideas she expressed.
Female student (1883). Artist Nikolay Yaroshenko
Two bright women met. Gurevich turned out to be not just a social activist, but also the organizer of an underground printing house that published banned literature. Our heroine enthusiastically began to circulate anti-government leaflets and was arrested the same year. Together with her, the whole company fell into the clutches of the gendarmes. Brother and sister were sent to Moscow, tried and kept in prison for almost a year.
Fight for equality
The punishment did not scare or break the young rebel. Released, she again joined the revolutionaries. In 1901, Slutskaya entered the Bund. This was a left-wing organization that united Jews in the fight against anti-Semitism that prevailed in the country. Activists formed squads to repulse the rioters, campaigned against nationalist misconceptions.
Bund propaganda poster
The new one became a valuable shot - she again opened medical practice in Minsk, went to Lodz on business, was decent in her personal life and hard at work. True, there were always anti-government leaflets in her briefcase, and many of her clients struggled with the regime. To be safer, Berta turned into Faith. Despite the excellent disguise, she was noticed and sent to the link.
On the run
The place of reference for the incorrigible lady was the hometown of Mir. Comrades helped Vera get out of there. Along the way, Slutskaya got hold of several more passports in different names. She beat through the empire, was detained several times, but each time she avoided imprisonment. This could not go on for long. In 1902, she had to leave her homeland and go to Germany.
Vera Slutskaya
In exile, Vera Slutskaya met like-minded people. The Bund in its program was a Marxist organization, because our heroine joined the RSDLP. She participated in meetings of the party, became famous among revolutionaries. In 1905, this woman was not afraid to return to Minsk to take part in revolutionary events. From the provinces, she was invited to the capital, where she plunged into a whirlwind of political battles.
In the link
The restless person greatly interfered with the authorities. In 1909, comrades convinced her to go abroad. Slutskaya visited Germany and Switzerland, and then reappeared in St. Petersburg. He was arrested and was going to be sent to Arkhangelsk province for 3 years. The unfortunate wrote petitions for clemency, influential people stood up for her, and the place of exile became the Astrakhan province. Having received freedom again, she went to Germany.
Collection of 17 exiled Marxists on the development of the Protest of the Russian Social Democrats "(1940). Painter Boris Shcherbakov
This time, Slutskaya not only escaped from a new arrest, she entered the university. In addition to studying abroad, one could get the practice of foreign languages - Vera was fluent in writing and writing 6. Party activity was also not forgotten by this fidget. Vladimir Lenin himself asked her to translate resolutions of the RSDLP. Unable to live without adventures, in 1912 Vera returned to her homeland and after 2 years she was exiled to Luban.
