Bibliograph

The whisperers, private life in Stalin's Russia, Orlando Figes

Type

Label

The whisperers, private life in Stalin's Russia, Orlando Figes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-702) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The whisperers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

319603600

Responsibility statement

Orlando Figes

Sub title

private life in Stalin's Russia

Summary

Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. The Whisperers recreates the sort of maze in which Russians found themselves, where an unwitting wrong turn could either destroy a family or, perversely, later save it: a society in which everyone spoke in whispers - whether to protect themselves, their families, neighbours or friends - or to inform on them

Table Of Contents

Children of 1917 (1917-28) -- The great break (1928-32) -- The pursuit of happiness (1932-6) -- The great fear (1937-8) -- Remnants of terror (1938-41) -- "Wait for me" (1941-5) -- Ordinary Stalinists (1945-53) -- Return (1953-6) -- Memory (1956-2006)

Target audience

adult

Classification