Gender and Survival in Soviet Russia: A Life in the Shadow of Stalin’s Terror

A memoir from a woman with intimate knowledge of Stalin’s cruelty, Gender and Survival in Soviet Russia (Bloomsbury Academic) is the story of Ludmila Miklashevskaya’s upbringing, exile, false imprisonment, and later, her rehabilitation. Elaine MacKinnon ’83’s translation is the first in English.

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The February 2026 cover of PAW, featuring a photo of Joseph Nye.
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