The year I was Peter the Great : 1956 - Khrushchev, Stalin's ghost, and a young American in Russia / Marvin Kalb.

The year 1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called "the year of the thaw"--A time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with a speech by Nikita Khru...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kalb, Marvin L. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Kalb, Marvin L. Kalb, Marvin L. > Travel > Soviet Union. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, > 1894-1971. Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953. Foreign correspondents > Soviet Union. Television journalists > United States > Biography. Soviet Union > Politics and government. Soviet Union > Description and travel. Soviet Union > Foreign relations. Political rehabilitation > Soviet Union. Hungary > History > Revolution, 1956 > Personal narratives. Diplomatic relations. Foreign correspondents. Political rehabilitation. Politics and government. Television journalists. Travel. Hungary. Soviet Union. United States. 1956 Autobiographies. History. Personal narratives.
Genre:	Biography. Personal narratives. Autobiographies. History.
Physical Description:	xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	1956 - Khrushchev, Stalin's ghost, and a young American in Russia Khrushchev, Stalin's ghost, and a young American in Russia
Format:	Book

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