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Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams
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| Born | 13 November 1869 |
| Died | 12 January 1962 (aged 92) |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Other names | Ariadna Borman |
| Occupation | Politician, journalist, writer, and feminist |
| Spouse(s) | Harold Williams |
| Children | 2 |
Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams (Russian: Ариадна Владимировна Тыркова; November 13, 1869 – January 12, 1962) was an important Russian woman. She was a politician, journalist, and writer. She also worked as a feminist, which means she fought for equal rights for women.
Ariadna was active in Russia during a time of big changes, known as the revolutionary period, until 1920. After that, she moved away from Russia. She lived in Britain from 1920 to 1951, and then in the United States from 1951 until she passed away.
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Biography
Early Life and Political Start
Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova was born on November 13, 1869. Her father, Vladimir Tyrkov, owned land in the Novgorod region of Russia. Ariadna studied in Saint Petersburg, a major city in Russia.
She married an engineer named A. N. Borman and had a son, Arcadiy. In the early 1900s, Ariadna became involved with groups that wanted more freedom in Russia. She worked with a newspaper called Osvobozhdenie, which means 'Liberty'. In 1904, she was arrested for trying to bring copies of this newspaper into Russia. She was arrested again later that year. She then left Russia and went to Stuttgart, Germany, and then to Paris, France.
She returned to Russia in 1905. This was during the Russian Revolution of 1905, and the government offered a general pardon. Ariadna helped start a political group called the Constitutional Democratic party. In 1906, she became a member of its main committee.
Working for Women's Rights
In 1906, Ariadna married Harold Williams. He was a journalist from New Zealand and Britain. He worked in Saint Petersburg.
That same year, Ariadna joined the All-Russian Union for Women's Equality. She became a leading voice for women's equal rights. Because of her work, the Constitutional Democratic party added women's right to vote to their goals. This was a big step for women in Russia.
During World War I, she worked with a group called the All-Russian Union of Cities. She also spent a year in Turkey and wrote a book about her experiences there.
The 1917 Revolution and Moving Abroad
After the February Revolution in March 1917, Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams was chosen to be part of the Kadet party's committee in Petrograd (which was Saint Petersburg's name then). She helped manage the party's newspapers. In the summer of 1917, she was elected to the Petrograd Duma, which was like a city council.
After the Bolshevik group took power in the October Revolution of 1917, she helped organize groups that were against the Bolsheviks in southern Russia. But in the spring of 1918, she moved to Britain. In 1919, she wrote a book about the first year of the Russian revolution.
She returned to Russia briefly in 1919. Her husband, Harold Williams, was reporting on the White Movement, a group fighting against the Bolsheviks. After the White Movement was defeated, Ariadna returned to Britain in 1920.
In London, she helped start the Russian Liberation Committee. She edited its publications and raised money to help Russian orphans. In 1928, her husband passed away. After that, she wrote a biography of a famous Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin. She also wrote a book about her late husband.
After World War II, in March 1951, she moved to the United States of America. She wrote three books of her memories in Russian.
Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams died on January 12, 1962, in Washington D.C. She was buried there in Rock Creek Cemetery.
See also
- Harold Williams (her husband)
