
Memoir of a Gulag Actress
In an abridged translation that retains the grace and passion of the original, Klots and Ufberg present the stunning memoir of a young woman who became an actress in the Gulag. Tamara Petkevich had a relatively privileged childhood in the beautiful, impoverished Petrograd of the Soviet regime''s early years, but when her father—a fervent believer in the Communist ideal—was arrested, 17-year-old Ta...
In an abridged translation that retains the grace and passion of the original, Klots and Ufberg present the stunning memoir of a young woman who became an actress in the Gulag. Tamara Petkevich had a relatively privileged childhood in the beautiful, impoverished Petrograd of the Soviet regime''s early years, but when her father—a fervent believer in the Communist ideal—was arrested, 17-year-old Ta...