Alexander Wicksteed

Alexander Wicksteed was an English traveller and writer. He lived in Soviet Russia in the years after the October Revolution, and is best known for his books based on that period - Life Under the Soviets (1928) and Ten Years in Soviet Moscow (1933).[1] He was a friend and travelling companion of the American journalist Negley Farson, and the two travelled together through the western Caucasus in 1929. Farson dedicated his book Caucasian Journey to Wicksteed.

According to Daniel Farson, Wicksteed died in Moscow.

References

  1. ↑ Wicksteed's books in Google Books
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