As I Was Burying Comrade Stalin
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8020-0 (ISBN)
Arkady Polishchuk came of age in Stalin's Russia, in the turbulent times before, during and after World War II. His love for the Soviet dictator persisted for years until Polishchuk, a 19-year-old Jew, was not admitted to the university. In 1952, he learned about the preparations for mass deportation of Jews to Siberia.
He celebrated Stalin's death in 1953--but state oppression dominated his life as before. As a young reporter for the Kostroma regional newspaper, he met with destitute plowmen, teenage milkmaids and former prisoners turned woodcutters, and wrote about them. When his satirical flair outraged a Communist Party secretary, the KGB initiated a political case against him and he fled to avoid persecution.
His memoir describes his painstaking journey toward mental and spiritual liberation.
Arkady Polishchuk (b. 1930) is a Russian dissident and journalist stripped of Soviet citizenship in 1977. For years, he worked as a Radio Liberty correspondent in Washington, Munich, and Prague.
Table of Contents
Preface
Part One: Mother Russia
A Cow in My Room and Other Well-Established Facts of My Life
There Is No God, but the Devil Frightens Me Every Day
The School of Life and Russian Blood in Jewish Cookies
Papa Goes to Fight Germans; I Go to Weed Tobacco
Waiting for German Bombs on the Roof of My House
Flight from Moscow
My Favorite Horse Groom
My Blitzkrieg Against Germans
Exciting Activities Outside of School Boredom
My Love Life During the War and After the Victory
How to Become a Philosopher
Part Two: Stepmother Russia
Alma Mater in the Days of the Dying God
The Most Influential Writer in My Life
Travel to True Russia
Granny’s Log House
My Journey into the Forest’s Depths
My Unhealthy Interest in Former Prisoners
When You Chop Wood, Chips Fly
Adventures in the Wilderness
Part Three: The Road to Rebellion
Not Newsworthy Events
A Village in the Midst of Swamps
My Questionable Activities
The World Youth Festival; or, How Hollywood Tried to Destroy Russia
The Rise of the Adventurer
My Life with a Gravedigger
The Fall of the Adventurer
The Most Dangerous Assignment
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 308 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8020-5 / 1476680205 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8020-0 / 9781476680200 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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