Refusenik, Trapped in the Soviet Union / Mark Ya. Azbel ; Edited by Grace Pierce Forbes

Azbel, Mark Iakovlevich

ISBN 10: 0395302269 / ISBN 13: 9780395302262

Published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1981

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Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 513 pages; Description: xiii, 513 p. , [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Jews--Soviet Union--Biography. Refuseniks--Biography. Physicists--Soviet Union--Biography. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Refusenik, Trapped in the Soviet Union / Mark Ya. Azbel ; Edited by Grace Pierce Forbes
• Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395302269
• ISBN 13: 9780395302262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis

Describes the human background of the authors life. The hardships of childhood in wartime Siberia, the joys and sorrows of becoming a full member of the privileged Soviet intelligentsia, the gradual growth of awareness of his Jewish roots, the transfer of his loyalties from Russia to Israel, the decision to emigrate, the drama of his five year leadership of the group of Jewish dissidents in Moscow, and the final safe arrival in the promised land with wife and daughter and cat.

Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation)