Fifty Russian Winters An American Woman's Life in the Soviet Union

Name: Fifty Russian Winters An American Woman's Life in the Soviet Union
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ISBN: 9780471028772

ISBN-10: 0471028770

ISBN-13: 9780471028772

Edition: 1993

Authors: Margaret Wettlin, Harrison E. Salisbury

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A gripping account of Soviet life as experienced by an American who lived for 50 years on an absolutely equal basis with Russians. Packed with details of everyday life from giving birth in a Soviet hospital to living in a Moscow communal apartment. Forced to give up her American citizenship during Stalin's reign, Wettlin was coerced into becoming an informant for the KGB. She describes what Russia was like during and after World War II, her travels from the Baltic states to Siberia, Outer Mongolia, Leningrad, Uzbekistan and Georgia. Her mesmerizing book offers a background for understanding Soviet events that molded the Russian mind-from revolutionary enthusiasm to a complete repudiation of…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/31/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.49" wide x 8.60" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Antebellum


Into the Rabbit Hole


Finnish Interlude


Origins


Commitment


Autozavod


Mongolia


Back to Moscow


Enemies of the People


Chosen


Bellum


Fleeing Moscow


Nalchik


Tbilisi


Siberia


Chuvashia


Home Again


Postbellum


The Enemies Return


Darkening Days


Ivy


Contention


A Conclusion


Postscript