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Smashed in the USSR: fear, loathing, and vodka on the steppes

By C. S , Petrov , Ivan;Vetrova , Natalʹi︠a︡;Walton

Book information

Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Year
2013
ISBN
9781908699237, 190869923X
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
2 MB (1966932 bytes)
Pages
(289 pages) : illustrations, map\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1934-2001;Alcoholics -- Soviet Union -- BiograpAlcoholics--Soviet Union;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYIvan

Description

For forty years Ivan Petrov careered, stumbled, staggered and rampaged all over the vast Soviet empire. Homeless (an illegal condition in the communist utopia), in and out of prison camps, almost always drunk, and with a gift for hilariously sending up the tragic absurdities of Soviet life, Ivan was a real-life Svejk. This is his unforgettable story, as told to Caroline Walton just before his death. The text is complemented by twelve original illustrations by Natalia Vetrova.;Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Epigraph; Preface; 1: A Town of Death; 2: Siberia; 3: Decembrists; 4: Prison; 5: Opera; 6: Central Asia; 7: Labour camp; 8: On the road; 9: Georgia; 10: Turkmenistan; 11: Beggars; 12: London; Afterword; Map of Ivan's Travels; Acknowledgements; Copyright.

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