Bitter waters life and work in Stalin's Russia ; a memoir - Andreev, Gennadij 1909-1984 (Westview Press, 1997)
After serving eight years as a political prisoner in Siberia, Andreev-Khomiakov traveled thoughout the Soviet Union during the 1930s, later becoming a German prisoner-of-war during World War II, and a writer and editor in the Russian émigré community in the 1950s and 60s. In this memoir, he shares his insights on the Stalin years, including forced collectivization, Five Year Plans, purges, "shock worker brigades," corruption, and Soviet daily life