Between Two Empires

What did life look like in the Soviet Union? The book you are about to read is based on true events. It is a personal story of one family and its journey in this world. It describes events affecting four generations of this family, starting before the Russian Revolution of 1917 and through the final years of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. It is a story of how this family ended up in Karlag-Gulag, located in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, during the Stalin regime. It is a story of struggle and survival, going from one tragedy to the other and yet, surviving it all. It is a story about the USSR, its glory, and its fall, but most importantly, it is about people with iron will.