Under Moscow Skies
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the height of Stalin's transformative grip on the Soviet Union, Maurice Hindus — one of the most perceptive Western observers of Russian life — chronicles the human landscape of Moscow and its surroundings with vivid, intimate authority. Under Moscow Skies presents a rich, ground-level portrait of Soviet society in the 1930s, capturing the contradictions of a nation caught between revolutionary ideology and the enduring rhythms of everyday Russian life, drawing on Hindus's rare access and deep personal connections to the country of his birth. Hindus writes with the warmth of an insider and the critical eye of a seasoned journalist, illuminating the hopes, fears, and quiet resiliences of ordinary Soviet citizens during one of history's most turbulent decades. His prose is accessible yet richly textured, balancing reportage with genuine human empathy — a combination that distinguished him from his contemporaries. A vital firsthand document of pre-war Soviet Russia, this work leaves the reader questioning just how much of what lay under Moscow skies the outside world ever truly understood.
Author: Maurice Hindus
Format: Hardback
Published: 1936, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: European history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the height of Stalin's transformative grip on the Soviet Union, Maurice Hindus — one of the most perceptive Western observers of Russian life — chronicles the human landscape of Moscow and its surroundings with vivid, intimate authority. Under Moscow Skies presents a rich, ground-level portrait of Soviet society in the 1930s, capturing the contradictions of a nation caught between revolutionary ideology and the enduring rhythms of everyday Russian life, drawing on Hindus's rare access and deep personal connections to the country of his birth. Hindus writes with the warmth of an insider and the critical eye of a seasoned journalist, illuminating the hopes, fears, and quiet resiliences of ordinary Soviet citizens during one of history's most turbulent decades. His prose is accessible yet richly textured, balancing reportage with genuine human empathy — a combination that distinguished him from his contemporaries. A vital firsthand document of pre-war Soviet Russia, this work leaves the reader questioning just how much of what lay under Moscow skies the outside world ever truly understood.