Dangerous Thoughts

Fülszöveg

(il/s" X !11/|"
336 pages
ISBN: ()-:W5-'_'4544-()
"I h<n>e traveled through nearh even layer of Soviet society. I spent my childhood anioitgpeasants, worked as a laborer making T-34 tanks, became an ar>n\ officer, an actrve member of the Communist Party, a professor, a dissident, a prisoner, and an exile. "
This is Yuri Orlov's harrowing and compelhng autobiography. Dangerous Thoughts. In the tradition of Alexander Solzhenilsyn. Oi lov writes candidh and unsparingh about his Hfe, imprisonment, and exile in Russia. Born to a peasant familv, Orlov's abilities were recognized earlv on when the State sent him to secondary schools to become a physicist. It was during his school vears that he became invoiyed in the underground human rights movement in Russia. Under surveillance by the KGB since 1973 when he formed an unofficial chapter of Amnesty International, Orlov and fellow dissidents, including Natan Sharansky, formed the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group in 1977 for the vigilant... Tovább

Fülszöveg

(il/s" X !11/|"
336 pages
ISBN: ()-:W5-'_'4544-()
"I h<n>e traveled through nearh even layer of Soviet society. I spent my childhood anioitgpeasants, worked as a laborer making T-34 tanks, became an ar>n\ officer, an actrve member of the Communist Party, a professor, a dissident, a prisoner, and an exile. "
This is Yuri Orlov's harrowing and compelhng autobiography. Dangerous Thoughts. In the tradition of Alexander Solzhenilsyn. Oi lov writes candidh and unsparingh about his Hfe, imprisonment, and exile in Russia. Born to a peasant familv, Orlov's abilities were recognized earlv on when the State sent him to secondary schools to become a physicist. It was during his school vears that he became invoiyed in the underground human rights movement in Russia. Under surveillance by the KGB since 1973 when he formed an unofficial chapter of Amnesty International, Orlov and fellow dissidents, including Natan Sharansky, formed the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group in 1977 for the vigilant protection of human rights. As punishment for his activities. Orlov was imprisoned for seven vears and was sent into internal exile in Siberia for two years. Finally, in 1986 Orlov was allowed to emigrate to the United States as part of the exchange for journalist Nicholas Danilofi.
The inspirational storv of one man's bravery in the face of oppression. D.angerous 1 hough! s is more importantly an extraordinary and unique portrait of life in the Soviet I'nion. A truly great autobiograph\ that will put Orlov in the distinguished pantheon of Soviet writers.
Yuri Orlov is a senior scientist at Cornell University. Honorary Chairman of the International Helsinki Federation, he lives with his American wile in Ithaca. New York. Vissza