Piotr Kropotkin nació en Moscú en 1842, hijo de un príncipe que poseía grandes extensiones de tierra y 1200 siervos. La parte de sus memorias en que nos describe la vida de la aristocracia rusa o las extravagancias de la corte del zar Alejandro II es digna de los grandes novelistas de su tiempo. Autobiography of this Russian geologist/geographer by training, social revolutionist by action. Born in 1842 in Moscow; experiencing the death of his mother at the age of 3 1/2 from consumption. Self described as a revolutionist, "seldom have there been revolutionists as humane and as mild as he is." Kropotkin explored Siberia and Manchuria.