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Can I read The whisperers : private life in Stalin's Russia on EtoBox?
The whisperers : private life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The whisperers : private life in Stalin's Russia about?
Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. The Whisperers recreates the sort of maze in which Russians found themselves, where an unwitting wrong turn could either destroy a family or, perversely, later save it: a society in which everyone spoke in whispers - whether to protect themselves, their families, neighbours or friends - or to inform on them.
Who reads The whisperers : private life in Stalin's Russia?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Orlando Figes
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141808871
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Russian & Soviet History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (1,573 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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