Free Download Into Siberia: George Kennan’s Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CPFWHM6F | 2023 | 9 hours and 4 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 256 MB
Author: Gregory J. Wallance
Narrator: Daniel Henning
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was wielding to suppress dissent. Over ten months Kennan traveled eight thousand miles, mostly in horse-drawn carriages, sleighs, or on horseback. He endured suffocating sandstorms in the summer and blizzards in the winter. His interviews with convicts and political exiles revealed how Russia ran on the fuel of inflicted pain and fear.
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