The ""red files"" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953?the height of the Stalinist regime?this enlightening book reveals what we have learned from the archives, what has surprised us, and what has confirmed what we already knew. Most of the authors...

Cover -- Title Page -- Endorsements -- Copyright Page -- Full Title Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Cultivating Self-Awareness -- 1 How did I get here? -- 2 Mindfulness - it's everywhere! -- 3 Mindfulness 101...

Deeply researched and engagingly told, this masterful and entertaining biography of the Soviet automobile provides a new perspective on one of the twentieth century's most iconic-and important-technologies and a novel approach to understanding the USSR.