{"product_id":"as-i-was-burying-comrade-arkady-polishchuk-9781476680200","title":"As I Was Burying Comrade Stalin: My Life Becoming a Jewish Dissident","description":"\u003cp\u003e Arkady Polishchuk came of age in Stalin's Russia, in the turbulent times before, during and after World War II. His love for the Soviet dictator persisted for years until Polishchuk, a 19-year-old Jew, was not admitted to the university. In 1952, he learned about the preparations for mass deportation of Jews to Siberia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He celebrated Stalin's death in 1953--but state oppression dominated his life as before. As a young reporter for the Kostroma regional newspaper, he met with destitute plowmen, teenage milkmaids and former prisoners turned woodcutters, and wrote about them. When his satirical flair outraged a Communist Party secretary, the KGB initiated a political case against him and he fled to avoid persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e His memoir describes his painstaking journey toward mental and spiritual liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arkady Polishchuk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476680205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476680200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Arkady Polishchuk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45331773358335,"sku":"9781476680200","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70aa137b-47da-45de-b6b8-4b2dc0dfa883.jpg?v=1713970854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-i-was-burying-comrade-arkady-polishchuk-9781476680200","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}