Victor Kravchenko (1905–1966)

Amazing book by one of the many Soviet dissidents who were lucky enough to escape Stalin's reign of terror.
Kravchenko survived the multiple purges, slavery and planned starvation of the Russian people in the workers paradise. No surprise that these events were repeated in China, North Korea, Cambodia etc.
His story is repeated by other Russians such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn, in his many works, or by Igor Gouzenko in his book "This Was My Choice"
This long book is very readable and interesting. Anyone who gives it less then 3 stars dislikes history books or perhaps is a Stalin apologist.… (mere)