The Voices of the Dead: Stalin's Great Terror in the 1930s

by Hiroaki Kuromiya

Book Overview

The voices of dozens of innocent victims, silenced during Stalin's Terror and since forgotten, can yet be heard in secret police archives

Swept up in the maelstrom of Stalin's Great Terror of 1937-1938, nearly a million people died. Most were ordinary citizens who left no records and as a result have been completely forgotten. This book is the first to attempt to retrieve their stories and reconstruct their lives, drawing upon recently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300226780
• ISBN13: 9780300226782
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"