• Between Prison and Freedom: Memoir of a Soviet Dissident - Hardcover
Between Prison and Freedom: Memoir of a Soviet Dissident
Between Prison and Freedom: Memoir of a Soviet Dissident
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Between Prison and Freedom: Memoir of a Soviet Dissident - Hardcover

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by Alexander Podrabinek (Author), Marian Schwartz (Translator), David Satter (Foreword by)

This thrilling memoir documents the early life of Russian journalist and human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek as he and other dissidents fearlessly fought against the Soviet Union.

Between Prison and Freedom chronicles Alexander Podrabinek's deeply personal recollections of his early life fearlessly opposing the injustices of the Soviet Union. He vividly describes his turbulent journey from silently protesting at Pushkin Square as a teenager to his exile in a brutal prison camp for publishing Punitive Medicine. Between Prison and Freedom is a powerful tribute to the Russian dissidents, desperately loyal to their country and to each other, as they fought for freedom and justice, all while cunningly evading the KGB's nearly successful efforts to break--or kill--them.

Through his personal experiences, the dissident reality unfolds as an onslaught of surveillance and false accusations, corrective labor camps and exile, and a consistent disregard for basic human freedoms. In this captivating story about standing against tyranny, Podrabinek captures the spirit of the dissident movement, the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident's life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.

Author Biography

Alexander Podrabinek is a Russian journalist, dissident, human rights activist, and commentator. He is the author of Punitive Medicine, which details the Soviet Union's use of psychiatric hospitals against political prisoners. He remains an active writer and commentator covering Russian political and social affairs.

Marian Schwartz is a prizewinning translator of Russian fiction and nonfiction, including works by Nina Berberova, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Shishkin, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

David Satter is an American journalist and historian who writes about Russia and the Soviet Union. He has authored books and articles about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of post-Soviet Russia.

Number of Pages: 448
Dimensions: 1.32 x 9.12 x 6.39 IN
Publication Date: August 01, 2025
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