The Whisperers

A groundbreaking account of the personal lives of ordinary Soviet citizens during Stalin's ruthless regime, from the acclaimed author of A People's Tragedy and Natasha's Dance While many books have chronicled the public horrors of Stalin's dictatorship – the arrests, trials, and gulags – The Whisperers is the first to explore how the regime affected the private lives of the Russian people. Drawing on newly discovered documents, Orlando Figes unveils the moral maze in which Russians found themsel