The Troika at War

I left behind my best friends in Moscow: Lothar and Koni and my classmates from the Nansen school. While I grew through my high school years in the safety of America, their lives were torn apart by World War II. Each member of our troika ended up fighting on a different side. Following our departure...

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Published inTo Russia with Love p. 73
Main Authors Victor Fischer, Charles Wohlforth
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Alaska Press 15.10.2012
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Summary:I left behind my best friends in Moscow: Lothar and Koni and my classmates from the Nansen school. While I grew through my high school years in the safety of America, their lives were torn apart by World War II. Each member of our troika ended up fighting on a different side. Following our departure from the Soviet Union early in 1939, the Great Purge abated. Perhaps Stalin’s appetite for murder and terror had been temporarily sated. Then, in August, the Soviets and Nazis stunned the world by signing a nonaggression pact and dividing up spheres of influence for conquest
ISBN:9781602231399
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