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Behind the Red Veil: An American Inside Gorbachev's Russia by Frank Thoms (Engli
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN-13
- 9781684630554
- Type
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9781684630554
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Behind the Red Veil : an American inside Gorbachev's Russia
- Publisher
- She Writes Press
- Genre
- Travel, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Topic
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Personal Memoirs, General, Essays & Travelogues
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
She Writes Press
ISBN-10
168463055X
ISBN-13
9781684630554
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309496314
Product Key Features
Book Title
Behind the Red Veil : an American inside Gorbachev's Russia
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Personal Memoirs, General, Essays & Travelogues
Genre
Travel, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
Frank Thoms went to Russia seeking to understand himself-and to empathize with Russians living in a deteriorating Communist society. In Behind the Red Veil , he takes readers inside the culture of "the enemy," inviting them to discover both Russia and its people for themselves., Frank Thoms went to the Soviet Union not to judge but to learn. As a result, he gained the trust and confidence of the people he befriended--and discovered much about himself. Behind the Red Veil recounts Frank's quest to understand the Russian people. He spent his initial twenty-five years as a teacher, during which time he pursued his understanding of Marxism, Russian history, and Soviet Communism. His first venture to the Soviet Union occurred in October 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev's first year as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In his following six trips, Frank served twice as a US-Soviet exchange teacher of English in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), and on his own taught English in schools in Moscow and Alma-Ata (Almaty), Kazakhstan. His final journey, which was to the new Russia in 1994, three years after Gorbachev's resignation, took him to Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains. Through it all, Frank sought the love and respect of the Russians he came into contact with. Behind the Red Veil is the story of how they opened their hearts to him--and, in doing so, opened his., Frank Thoms went to Russia seeking to understand himself--and to empathize with Russians living in a deteriorating Communist society. In Behind the Red Veil, he takes readers inside the culture of "the enemy," inviting them to discover both Russia and its people for themselves., After Twenty-Five Years in the classroom teaching Marxism, Russian history, and Soviet Communism, Frank Thoms traveled behind the Iran Curtain for the first time in October 1985. In the years that followed, he made seven more trips there, during which time he taught in four Soviet schools in three cities-Leningrad, Moscow, and Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. Twice he was selected to be a US-Soviet Exchange teacher, and twice he taught in schools on his own. He made his last trip there in 1994, three years after the fall of Gorbachev and Communism. Behind the Red Veil offers an inside look at the Russian people-their thoughts, feelings, hopes, and fears. During his time in Russia, Frank engaged in countless open discussions. He looked for common ground to connect with the Russian people, seeking not to judge but to learn, not to bring America to them but to be an American with them. Through it all, he sought the love and respect of his hosts. His is the story of how they opened their hearts to him-and in doing so, opened his. Book jacket.
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