The forsaken

By Tim Tzouliadis

Subjects: United states, emigration and immigration, Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953, Russia (federation), social conditions, Americans, foreign countries, Foreign relations, Immigrants, Soviet union, history, 20th century, Diplomatic relations, Soviet union, relations, foreign countries, Relations, Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953, Soviet union, emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration, United states, relations, soviet union, Russia (federation), history, GULag NKVD, Baseball teams, Americans, Americans, soviet union, Forced labor, History, Concentration camps, Soviet union, foreign relations, united states

Description: The story of a little-known group of émigrés, Americans who went to Russia during the 1930s in the hope that the Communist promise of a better life was a reality--only to find xenophobia, paranoia and ultimately, in many cases, imprisonment or death in Stalin's Terror.