The World I Left Behind: Pieces of a PastThe 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. |
Contents
OUR ROOTS | 1 |
THE HEART OF RUSSIA | 3 |
A WORLD TRANSFORMED | 9 |
Copyright | |
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Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for ... Robert Zimmerman No preview available - 2003 |