Growing up Russian in China

The central motif of this unique historical memoir is the life of the authors family inDairen (now Dalian) during the Japanese occupation, then the Soviet occupation, and,finally, under the Chinese Communist Government. Ms. Erohina gave the backgroundof the historical events which affected the lives of the Russians, the Chinese, and theJapanese during the Second World War and the postwar years.She explains why the Russians lived in China, and how they not only preserved theirculture and language