My grandfather wasn't a writer.He worked in factories in Soviet Ukraine. Sometimes he painted portraits of party leaders.Had artistic streak
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Replying to @AndreaChalupa @DawnHFoster
Shortly before he passed away, he felt compelled to write down his life story--from witnessing the Russian Revolution as a boy...
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His memoir has his stories of surviving Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine & being a young father arrested/tortured during Stalin's purges
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Replying to @AndreaChalupa
Thanks for the detail, but you're trying to ignore the point: falsely claiming you've never heard of someone doesn't devalue their work.
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You're making a petty accusation that's beneath you: Had never heard of SF. Only recently and in passing *once* heard of Everyday Stalinism
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Replying to @AndreaChalupa
Today you seemed to offer a very staunch critique of her work despite saying you'd never heard of her yesterday. Not petty, just confused.
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Critique was on historians who downplay Stalin's genocide famine in general.SF's review describes her book Stalin's Peasants doing just that
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Replying to @AndreaChalupa @DawnHFoster
Book club idea! I'll read Everyday Stalinism and you read Naimark's Stalin's Genocides. Then we discuss!https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Genocides-Rights-against-Humanity/dp/0691152381 …
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
Okay, ordering Everday Stalinism. DM me an address and I'll mail you Naimark if you'd like.
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Thanks, but it's very cheap over here
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