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"Nikita Khrushchev's Teacher memoir is intertwined with history as lived, documented, and remembered by Antonina G. Gladky, one of the millions of women, caught in the whirlwind of catastrophic historical events of the twentieth-century Russia and the Soviet Union. The events, written and narrated, tell with the authentic voice her life story that is personal in detail and historical in scope. It documents how Russian Revolution, Civil War, Communist Party and Bolshevik totalitarian dictatorial regime, and Stalin's bloody terror shaped her fate. The story begins with the peaceful life of Antonina ancestors in Old Russia and her happy childhood growing up in a small provincial town in southeastern Ukraine. Antonina's family tragedy struck at the time when she was starting her independent life as a teacher. But the course of her life had changed forever when she married Orest, her former student and White Army veteran, who returned home after fighting Reds in the last battles for Crimea. Their family life became a struggle to survive not only the adversities imposed by the Soviet Government on its people but also to prevent her husband from being caught by the State secret police. To evade inquiries into his White Army veteran past, they moved from place to place in their native Ukraine. The book has a bonus for the memoir readers, history buffs and historians - the unique insight into Nikita Khrushchev's politically formative years as a Communist politician and a rising party leader. Nikita Khrushchev's Teacher is abridged from ""In the Web of History: Old Russia and Soviet Union"" - Book One of Historical Family Memoirs"

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Nikita Khrushchev's Teacher is a treasure of an up-close, intensely personal story of a Russian woman--one of millions at that time--caught in the whirlwind of the catastrophic historical events of 20th century Russia and the Soviet Union. The story is intertwined with history as lived, documented, and remembered by Antonina G. Gladky. The events, written and narrated, tell with authentic voice her life story that is personal in detail and historical in scope. They document how the Russian revolution, the Communist Party, the Bolsheviks' totalitarian dictatorial regime, and Stalin's bloody terror shaped her fate. It is a rich source for memoir readers who value an authentic voice of real people sharing their thoughts, aspirations, and struggles to overcome adversities in their lives. It is a storehouse for inquisitive readers who choose to immerse themselves into the world of historical memoirs to discover details of daily life, customs, and traditions that have been lost with time and vanished from the memory of new generations. And there is a rare bonus for history lovers, history buffs, and historians-- the unique insight of Nikita Khrushchev's teacher into his politically formative years as a communist politician and a rising Party Leader. The story begins with the peaceful life of Antonina's ancestors in Old Russia and her happy childhood growing up in a small provincial town in southeastern Ukraine. It brings to life the not-so-distant past with its rich details of daily life, customs, and traditions that have been lost with time and vanished from the memory of new generations. World War One, the Russian Revolution, and Civil War brought chaos and destruction to the country and suffering and loss of life to people from battles, hunger, and disease. Antonina's family tragedy struck at the time when she was starting her independent life as a teacher. But the course of her life had changed forever when she married Orest, her former student and White Army veteran, who returned home after fighting Reds to save his Motherland in the last battles for Crimea. After the Bolsheviks have seized the power and established the Soviet Union--the first socialist state--Antonina and Orest, like all the people in the country, became pawns of the Communist totalitarian regime. To keep its control over the population, the State used fear, terror, and persecution of suspected enemies, among them White veterans who were disenfranchised and declared to be enemies of the people. Antonina's family life became a struggle to survive not only the adversities imposed by the Soviet government on its people but also to prevent her husband from being caught by the secret police. To evade inquiries into his White Army veteran past, they moved from place to place in their native Ukraine looking for teaching positions in remote villages and small hamlets where there was a shortage of teachers and the inquiries took more time. Notwithstanding constant fear and tension, Antonina and Orest remained always true to their profession as educators. --Oliver W. Kellogg, Editor and Publisher: The Baudette (MN) Region--The Guttenberg (IA) Press.

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