'The outcome is a meticulously-researched account of the period from 1916, when Quakers first negotiated entry into Russia to help refugees.' Photo: Book cover of Friends and Comrades: How Quakers helped Russians survive famine and epidemic, by Sergei Nikitin.
Friends and Comrades: How Quakers helped Russians survive famine and epidemic, by Sergei Nikitin
Author: Sergei Nikitin. Review by Daphne Sanders.
by Daphne Sanders
11th November 2022
A century ago, British and US Quakers were amid the turmoil of the revolution in Russia, providing help to starving people. Today there is again strife and war in Europe. Sergei Nikitin’s book, translated by Suzanne Eades-Roberts, comes at a useful time.
