3.5 starsA curious, sometimes jumbled mix of anthropology, travel diary, & history of indigenous groups in Siberia. I found much of the information interesting (if mostly depressing); it helps to have more than passing knowledge of Russian/Soviet history when reading this book.Even though I am much ...
The books focuses mostly on the civilian experience of the siege, and - probably because of a bias in the availability of sources - on the experiences of educated middle class people. Who wrote. A lot.Diaries are a major source, along with interviews conducted many years later, and for me that was t...
fantastic read, all the more impressive because Reid only finished a bachelor's degree. *one error: Reid writes, "Stalin shouldn't have liquidated his army's generals during his purge;" however, among Hitler's last words were "I should have purged the army's generals like Stalin." these kind of broa...
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