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Where We Buried the Sun

by (author) Alla Tumonov

translated by Gust Olson

Publisher
NeWest Press
Initial publish date
Oct 1999
Category
General, Historical
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896300054
    Publish Date
    Oct 1999
    List Price
    $25.95

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The memoir of a young woman who, in 1951 at the age of 17, was arrested for her involvement with an underground organization demanding alternatives to Stalinist rule and, as a result, spent five years in the Soviet prison system.Tumanov belonged to group of young people who believed in freedom and equality, and were willing to stand up for their beliefs.

About the authors

Alla Reyf spent four years in the Soviet Prison Camps known as the Gulag. In 1974, as Alla Tumanov, she immigrated to Canada where Toronto became home for eight years. At present, she lives with her husband in Edmonton, Alberta.

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