Volkenshteyn, Olga Akimovna

She was born in Chisinau , in the family of the military doctor Akim Filippovich Volkenshtein. ^[3] She studied at the Kishinev gymnasium for girls, then at the Kiev Musical College. From 1898 she lived in St. Petersburg , where she served as a typist and assistant clerk in the legal department of the South-Eastern Access Routes (her uncle, a juror attorney Mikhail Filippovich Volkenstein) was the director of the Society of Access and Railway Roads in Russia. She was a member of the St. Petersburg Literary Society, she held leadership positions in the Union for the Equality of Women. Collaborated in a number of periodicals - “Labor Aid” (1904), “School and Life” (1907), “Russian Thought” (1909), “Speech” (1910–1916), “Morning of Russia” (1910–1911), “Modern Illustrated Journal” (1913), “Modern Word” (1913–1914), “The Day” (1914), “Sovremennik” (1916), “Waves” (1910), “Our Newspaper” (1909), “Our Life "(1909)," Nature and People "(1909)," Kiev thought "(1913)," Labor Russia "," The Sun of Russia "(1912)," Week "(1914)," News of Red Army Deputies ", weekly bibliographic journal "Reader's Satellite". Published articles in the Dictionary of Legal and State Sciences (1900-1901). ^[4] In 1907, as part of the Russian delegation, she took part in the Copenhagen Congress of the International Women's suffragating alliance. She was one of the organizers of the First All-Russian Women's Congress, whose work was covered in the Russian Thought newspaper. In 1913, she was accredited to the State Duma as a correspondent for the Chisinau-based newspaper Bessarabskaya Life.

In 1906–1908 and in 1917–1920 in St. Petersburg ( Petrograd ), Rostov-on-Don , Tver, and Moscow published dozens of books and brochures on historical and political topics, including “Why do we need freedom of speech and assembly meetings?” "(1906)," Who and why need universal suffrage "(1906)," The Great Distemper of the Russian Land, 1584—1613 "(1907)," The Peasant Uprising in England "(1907)," The Great Reforms of the 60s " (1908), “The Great French Revolution of 1789” (1917), “Universal Suffrage: Elections to the Constituent Assembly” (1917), “Law on Parish Zemstvo” (1917), “Ka British elect people's representatives "(1917)," Monarchy or Republic "(1917)," Liberation of Women "(1917)," Federal Austrian Republic "(1917)," Proportional Elections to the Constituent Assembly "(1917)," Switzerland, Country true democracy ”(1917),“ Not a king, but a law ”(1917),“ Human rights of a citizen ”(1917),“ Republic of the United States of America ”(1918),“ How and why the Great French Revolution of 1789 originated ”( Pg., 1919) ^[5] . Some of them came out under the pseudonym "Olgovich". ^[6]

Translated from the German language books by George Schuster "Secret Societies, Unions and Orders" in 2 vols. (St. Petersburg, 1905 and 1907, reprint - M .: Terra, 1997); Gottfried Koch "Essays on the history of political ideas and government" (St. Petersburg., 1906). Published articles on the electoral law, equality of women. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

She lived in Leningrad at Karl Liebknecht Ave., 51, apt. 9. ^[11] Died from exhaustion in March 1942 during the Siege of Leningrad ; buried in Piskaryovsky cemetery .

• Brother - lawyer Fedor Akimovich Volkenshteyn (1874–1937), employee of the “Exchange Gazette”, the first husband of N.V. Krandievskaya-Tolstoy , father of the physic chemist Fedor Fedorovich Volkenshteyn (1908–1985).
• The uncles — attorneys at law Mikhail Filippovich (Moses Fishelevich or Falkovich) Volkenshtein (1859–1934) ^[12] and Lev Filippovich (Isaac-Leib Fishelevich) Volkenshteyn (1858–1935) were AP Chekhov’s gymnasium companions; correspondence and left memories of him.
• A cousin is playwright Vladimir Mikhailovich Volkenstein .
• Her cousin, Elizaveta Osipovna Wolkenstein (1876-1965), was married to the artist M. V. Dobuzhinsky .

• Country of Equality and Freedom: North American United States. M .: Labor and Will, 1905.
• What the village said First State Duma (April 27 - July 9, 1906). Under the pseudonym "Olgovich". St. Petersburg: The Right Way, 1906. - 32 p.
• Who and why need universal suffrage. 2nd edition. The right way, 1906.
• Who and how to choose the Second State Duma. Under the pseudonym "Olgovich". M., 1906.
• What the village said the First State Duma (April 27 - July 9, 1906). SPb., 1906.
• The struggle for representation in England. Rostov-on-Don: Don Speech, 1906.
• The question of a general strike in Germany. Rostov-on-Don: Don Speech, 1906.
• Why do we need freedom of speech and assembly meetings? Rostov-on-Don: Don Speech, 1906.
• Woman voter. Rostov-on-Don: Don Speech, 1906.
• Who and how to choose the second State Duma. The author is listed as Olgovich . M .: Partnership, 1906.
• How and why the Great French Revolution of 1789 originated. St. Petersburg: Public Benefit Library, 1906. - 79 p.
• Peasant uprising in England. St. Petersburg: The Right Way, 1907.
• How the British choose the people's representatives. The Fight, 1907.
• Põhja-Ameerika Ühisriigid ... Tallinn: Teadus, 1908. - 48 p.
• Results of the First All-Russian Women's Congress // Russian thought. 1909. - № 2.
• The great reforms of the 60s. M .: Publishing "The Use" V. Antik and Co., 1911. - 101 p. ^[13]
• Proportional elections to the Constituent Assembly. The partnership "Knowledge is power", 1917.
• Universal suffrage. Under the pseudonym "Olgovich". Pg., 1917; Tver, 1917; Pg., 1920.
• The struggle for representation in England. Rostov-on-Don: N. Paramonova Publishing House Don Speech, 1917. - 112 p.
• Why do we require the inviolability of the person and home. Rostov-on-Don: Don Speech, 1917.
• Not the king, but the law. Under the pseudonym "Olgovich". Knowledge is Power, 1917.
• Human rights and citizen. The author is listed as “Olgovich (O. Volkenstein)”. Pg .: Publishing "Book", 1917.
• Monarchy or Republic. The author is listed as Olgovich . PG: Socialist, 1917.
• Universal suffrage: Elections to the Constituent Assembly. Pg .: Book (Typography of A. A. Caspari publishing house), 1917; Tver , 1917; Pg., 1920.
• The inviolability of the person and home. Under the pseudonym "Olgovich". Pg.: Liberated Russia (printing house I. Lurie), 1917.
• The Great French Revolution of 1789. Moscow: Labor and Will (A .. Poplavsky’s printing house), 1917. - 96 p.
• Great Russian Republic. PG: Fighting (Luch Publishing House), 1917.
• Switzerland is a country of true democracy. PG: Knowledge is power, 1917.
• Republic of the United States of America. PG: Book, 1917.
• Monarchy or Republic. PG: Knowledge is power, 1917.
• Responsibility of ministers. PG: Knowledge is power, 1917.
• The law on parish zemstvo (public presentation). The author is listed as “Olgovich (O. Volkenstein)”. PG: Luch Publishing House, 1917.
• The release of women. Petrograd: Book, 1917.
• Woman voter. Kazan , 1917.
• How the British choose the people's representatives. Pg., 1917.
• Federalism in Russia. Under the pseudonym "Olgovich". PG: Ray, 1917.
• How and why the Great French Revolution of 1789 originated. Pg .: Publication of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers and Red Army Deputies, 1919.