In Our Own Words... A peoples commentary on life in the former Soviet Union

by Valentina Zaitzeva, Alexander Kabakov, Rimma Volkova

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• ISBN: 5864080276
• ISBN13: 9785864080276
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Scorpion Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating reading!

This book was most revealing. I am glad these folks took the time to capture the thoughts of the Russian peoples while their memories of the Soviet Union were still fresh. I highly recommend reading this book.

Fascinating look inside the Soviet Union and the aftermath

Without living in a country it is hard to know the people. This provided a good look though the eyes of the people who lived through the Soviet years and the good an bad that came with the explosive launch of Russia and the other former republics of the Soviet Union into the uncharted waters of democracy and market economics. The tales told are markers from a time of transistion while one foot remained rooted in one system and the other was trying to find a solid landing place in a new one. The book held many surprizes about such things as Soviet involvement in Vietnam, life in the gulags, the plight of Russian scientists and many other matters. Also had many great photgraphs. Very worth while reading