Title: The World I Left Behind
First published: 1995
Description: The family was the Brezhnevs, and the author is Luba Brezhneva, niece of the man who led the Soviet Union for eighteen years - but who, in the end, could not protect her. These are the touching and terrifying revelations of a child of both privilege and persecution. The story is of her transformation from a provincial schoolgirl into an outspoken young woman who moved among, and then rebelled against, the elite of Moscow.
Subjects: Politics and government, Family, New York Times reviewed
Places: Soviet Union
People: Luba Brezhneva (1943-), Brezhnev family, Leonid Ilʹich Brezhnev (1906-)
Time periods: 1953-1985
LC classification: DK275.B73 A3 1995