Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia
In this new translation of a 1954 memoir, emigre writer and editor Andreev-Khomiakov describes his experiences in Soviet Russia following his release from prison in 1935 until shortly after the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany in 1941. Unable to continue as a writer, the author worked in several sawmills; thus, the focus of his writing is on entrepreneurial operations in the timber industry and provincial life in general. Some of his comments, for example, that the purges of the 1930s were hardly felt in his provincial town, contradict what is typically believed about Soviet history. He eventually served in the Red Army and was captured by the Germans. He never returned to the Soviet Union but emigrated to the United States, where he died in 1984. A good source about prewar Stalinist Russia, with entertaining descriptions of the author's co-workers; for academic and public libraries.?Michael Neubert, Library of CongressCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.