Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia by Gennady M. Andreev-Khomiakov

Description: Bitter Waters by Gennady M. Andreev-Khomiakov, Ann Healy Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This memoir by a Soviet labour-camp survivor concentrates not on camp life, but on life and work after his release. The story is told chronologically, from his exit from the camp system in 1935 to the German invasion of Russia in World War II. Publisher Description One dusty summer day in 1935, a young writer named Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov was released from the Siberian labour camp where he had spent the last eight years of his life. His total assets amounted to 25 roubles, a loaf of bread, five dried herrings, and the papers identifying him as a convicted enemy of the people." From this hard-pressed beginning, Andreev-Khomiakov would eventually work his way into a series of jobs that would allow him to travel and see more of ordinary life and work in the Soviet Union of the 1930s than most of his fellow Soviet citizens would ever have dreamed possible. Capitalizing on this rare opportunity, Bitter Waters is Andreev-Khomiakovs eyewitness account of those tumultuous years, a time when titanic forces were shaping the course of Russian history. Later to become a successful writer and editor in the Russian emigre community in the 1950s and 1960s, Andreev-Khomiakov brilliantly uses this memoir to explore many aspects of Stalinist society. Forced collectivization, Five Year Plans, purges, and the questionable achievements of shock worker brigades" are only part of this story. Andreev-Khomiakov exposes the Soviet economy as little more than a web of corruption, a system that largely functioned through bribery, barter, and brute force, and that fell into temporary chaos when the German army suddenly invaded in 1941. Bitter Waters may be most valuable for what it reveals about Russian society during the tumultuous 1930s. From remote provincial centres and rural areas, to the best and worst of Moscow and Leningrad, Andreev-Khomiakovs series of deftly drawn sketches of people, places, and events provide a unique window on the hard daily lives of the people who built Stalins Soviet Union. Author Biography Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov was imprisoned as a teenager in Soviet Russia in 1926 and released in 1935. During World War II, he was a German prisoner of war and did not return to the Soviet Union at wars end. He later served as coeditor of the Novyi Zhurnal (New Journal) and chief editor of Mosty (Bridges). Ann E. Healy is a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and the author of Russian Autocracy in Crisis: 1905-1907. She is currently writing a book about the Jewish issue in U.S.-Russian relations. Details ISBN 0813323746 ISBN-13 9780813323749 Title Bitter Waters Author Gennady M. Andreev-Khomiakov, Ann Healy Format Paperback Year 1998 Pages 220 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc GE_Item_ID:139847690; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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