
Left to the Wolves
Irish Victims of Stalinist Terror
Barry McLoughlin(Author)
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Published on 1. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7165-2915-6 (ISBN)
Description
Between the end of the Russian Civil War in 1921 and Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviet secret police sentenced over 4 million persons on political grounds. Over 800,000 were shot and millions died in the slave camps of the Gulag system. At the height of the mass-repression - the Great Terror of 1937/38 - foreigners were in great jeopardy. Knowing that a major war was coming, Iosif Stalin and his cohorts decided to rid Soviet society of all perceived or potential 'enemies'. Among the putative 'Fifth Columnists' were non-Russian ethnic minorities, political refugees from fascism and foreign-born Communists. At least three of these countless victims were of Irish nationality. This book describes their social background, how and why they entered the semi-clandestine world of Communism and the reasons for their residence in the USSR. Patrick Breslin was a graduate of the International Lenin School who turned to journalism and translating. Brian Goold-Verschoyle's visits to Moscow were pe
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Language
English
Place of publication
County Dublin
Ireland
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Yes
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7165-2915-6 (9780716529156)
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