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See all 10 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In this powerful work of history, orlando figes chronicles the private history of family life during the violent and repressive reign of josef stalin. Oct 01, 2007 how could human feelings and emotions retain any force in the moral vacuum of the stalinist regime. Family narratives, memory and oral history by orlando figes for many years, we knew next to nothing about the private lives of 5 ordinary soviet citizens during stalins reign. The answer is revealed in spellbinding, often harrowing tales of endurance, love, idealism, betraya. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Dec 22, 2007 whisperers of stalin s russia find their voice in the whisperers, orlando figes documents stories from victims of stalin s russia. It is the product of years of research in the russian archives and tens of thousands of hours of oral testimony by the. Sep 04, 2008 the whisperers recreates the sort of maze in which russians found themselves, where an unwitting wrong turn could either destroy a family or, perversely, later save it. Private life in stalin s russia until now concerning the guide we now have whisperers. No previous book, however, has explored the regimes effect on peoples personal lives. Read the whisperers private life in stalin s russia by orlando figes available from rakuten kobo. Be sure to identify the central or main idea of each selection as it relates to this prompt.
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