The silent steppe : the story of a Kazakh nomad under Stalin
Shayakhmetov, Mukhamet2006
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Place reservation for The silent steppe : the story of a Kazakh nomad under StalinBorn into a family of nomadic Kazakh herdsmen in 1922, Mukhamet Shayakhmetov's father was imprisoned as an 'enemy of the people' as Soviet rule spread across his people's vast steppe-land in central Asia. In this book, Shayakhmetov recalls the scale of suffering in his homeland under Stalin's rule.
Main title:
The silent steppe : the story of a Kazakh nomad under Stalin / Mukhamet Shayakhmetov ; translated from the Russian by Jan Butler ; edited by Anthony Gardner.
Imprint:
London : Stacey International, c2006.
Collation:
xiv, 345 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
19052991259781905299126
Dewey class:
958.4'5'092958.45
Language:
EnglishRussian
Subject:
Shayakhmetov, Mukhamet -- Childhood and youthShayakhmetov, Mukhamet -- Childhood and youthKazakhs -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryCollectivization of agriculture -- Kazakhstan -- HistoryFamine -- Kazakhstan -- HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, KazakhKazakhstan -- History -- 20th century
BRN:
403754
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