My Flight from Siberia
Leon Trotsky
Jan 1925 · American Library Service
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60
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As the protagonist of the 1905 Revolution, stifled by tsarist power, a 27-year-old Trotsky is tried and deported for life to Siberia. The final destination is located above the Arctic Circle, 1600 km from the nearest train station. At one of the posts on the journey, the prisoner begins his escape through the Siberian steppe, a wild and extreme territory, with temperatures below -25 oC and populations with customs, hardships and solidarity that he does not know. This is the first-person account of those exhausting days, full of stalking. Fearing every minute for his capture and entrusting his life and freedom to the unpredictable coachman Nikifor, who does not stop drinking, Trotsky becomes, perhaps against his will, a traveler. He travels through the tundra, becomes fascinated with reindeer, spends his nights by the fire like just another nomadic Siberian, devises strategies to avoid being recognized, takes notes while making sure he has his revolver on hand as a last resort to defend himself. A travel diary written on the fly, agitated by suspense and expectation, The Escape from Siberia... shows us the intimacy of the young Trotsky, and a literary narrator in its purest form.--
As the protagonist of the 1905 Revolution, stifled by tsarist power, a 27-year-old Trotsky is tried and deported for life to Siberia. The final destination is located above the Arctic Circle, 1600 km from the nearest train station. At one of the posts on the journey, the prisoner begins his escap...
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