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100 1  Matthews, Owen. 
245 10 Stalin's children :|bthree generations of love, war and 
       survival /|cOwen Matthews. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bWalker & Co.,|c2008. 
300    308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations 
       ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-291) and 
       index. 
520    Intense loyalty, painful separation, incredible hardship, 
       and, above all, overriding love are all in Matthews's 
       chronicle of his family's love-hate relationship with an 
       evolving Russia. Moscow bureau chief for Newsweek , the 
       author ably captures both the Soviet Union of the past and
       the present atmosphere of the new Russia. From his 
       grandfather's execution during the Stalinist purges in the
       1930s, through his mother's and aunt's deprivations in 
       World War II, to his own fascination with the changing 
       Russia of the 1990s, Matthews has created a testament to 
       how deeply a country and a people can get into your blood.
       Interspersed are descriptions of Russian social life 
       throughout the eras, meetings with KGB contacts, and the 
       author's experiences in the Chechan war. Matthews is a 
       consummate storyteller; that this family history is true 
       makes it all the more enthralling. 
600 10 Matthews, Owen|xFamily. 
600 10 Matthews, Mervyn. 
600 10 Bibikov, Lyudmila. 
600 30 Bibikov family. 
600 30 Matthews family. 
650  0 British|zSoviet Union|vBiography. 
650  0 Secret service|zSoviet Union|xHistory. 
651  0 Soviet Union|xHistory. 
651  0 Soviet Union|xSocial conditions|y20th century. 
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