As I was burying comrade Stalin : my life becoming a Jewish dissident /

"Arkady Polishchuk came of age in Stalin's Russia, in the turbulent times before, during and after World War II. His love for the Soviet dictator persisted for years until Polishchuk, a 19-year-old Jew, was not admitted to the university. In 1952, he learned about the preparations for mass...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polishchuk, Arkady, 1930- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • A Cow in My Room and Other Well-Established Facts of My Life
  • There Is No God, But the Devil Frightens Me Every Day
  • The School of Life and Russian Blood in Jewish Cookies
  • Papa Goes to Fight Germans; I Go to Weed Tobacco
  • Waiting for German Bombs on the Roof of My House
  • Flight from Moscow
  • My Favorite Horse Groom
  • My Short War Against Germans
  • Exciting Activities Outside of School Boredom
  • My Sex Life During the War and After the Victory
  • How to Become a Philosopher
  • Alma Mater in the Days of the Dying God
  • The Most Influential Writer in My Life
  • Travel to True Russia
  • Granny's Log House
  • My Journey into the Forest's Depths
  • My Unhealthy Interest in Former Prisoners
  • When You Chop Wood, Chips Fly
  • Adventures in the Wilderness
  • Not Newsworthy Events
  • A Village in the Midst of Swamps
  • My Questionable Activities
  • The World Youth Festival; or, How Hollywood Tried to Destroy Russia
  • The Rise of the Adventurer
  • My Life with a Gravedigger
  • The Fall of the Adventurer
  • The Most Dangerous Assignment.