Lenin's Private War The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile of the Intelligentsia |
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Author:
| Chamberlain, Lesley |
ISBN: | 978-1-4299-6972-7 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2007 |
Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
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In 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals ndash; mostly philosophers, academics, scientists and journalists ndash; to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away to what would become permanent exile in Berlin, Prague and Paris. Lesley...
More DescriptionIn 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals ndash; mostly philosophers, academics, scientists and journalists ndash; to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away to what would become permanent exile in Berlin, Prague and Paris. Lesley Chamberlain creates a rich portrait of this chilling historical moment, evoked with immediacy through the journals, letters, and memoirs of the exiles. In 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals ndash; mostly philosophers, academics, scientists and journalists ndash; to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away to what would become permanent exile in Berlin, Prague and Paris. Lesley Chamberlain creates a rich portrait of this chilling historical moment, evoked with immediacy through the journals, letters, and memoirs of the exiles.