description: Set in 1934, Children of the Arbat presents a masterful and chilling psychological portrait of Stalin and details the beginning of his reign of terror and its impact on a generation - represented by a circle of young friends living in Moscow's intellectual and artistic center, the Arbat.
language: English
title: Children of the Arbat
titlecomplete: Children of the Arbat
characters: Александр Панкратов
genres: Historical, Literature, 20th Century, Classics, Novels, Russian Literature, Russia, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Russian History
ratings_count: 4252
places: U.S.S.R.
series: Arbat Tetralogy
publisher: Random House Value Publishing