Memoirs of a Survivor: The Golitsyn Family in Stalin's Russia
Golitsyn (1909-90) lived through the social, political and industrial upheavals that created the Soviet Union. Growing to manhood, struggling to find employment with the terrible handicap of coming from a noble family, he endired hunger, injustice and cruelty. After fighting with the Red Army to Berlin, he became a childen's writer while secretly writing his memoirs 'for the drawer'. Witter is related to Golitsyn through his maternal grandmother Countess Bobrinsky who was Sergei's aunt. He has worked as an executuve in London, a timekeeper on Canadian construction sites, a teacher and a simultaneous translator at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. He is married with three children and seven grandchildren Lieven is Professor of Russian Government at LSE and a fellow of the British Academy. His family were also influence members of the Russian aristocracy under the Tsars. He has written many books on Russian history. His latest book War and Peace: Russia against Napoleon 1807-14 will be published in 2010.