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The Russian Empire in the late 1850-1860s was a time of stark social stratification. Left-leaning intellectuals hoped that a new generation of authors from non-noble backgrounds could create more informed representations of the 鈥渃ommon people,鈥� derived from their direct familiarity with the provincial and urban poor. In this talk, Title VIII Research Scholar Helen Stuhr-Rommereim will focus on the work of author Fedor Reshetnikov, and how his writing contributed to a radically different view of Imperial Russian life: a pan-Imperial proletariat that crossed ethnic and confessional boundaries. Stuhr-Rommereim will explore how Reshetnikov鈥檚 sketches of the Russian Empire鈥檚 鈥渃ommon people鈥� demonstrate the limits of class, rather than nation, as a frame for conceiving of a social collective.