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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PAW's October 2026 cover, featuring a photo of a loaf of challah bread and the headline "The Braids That Bind."
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October 2026

Holding on to Jewish life; Katy Anderson Keating ’08’s career in wine; Hollywood loves Princeton.