Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her.
Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her.
Antony Beevor is the author of Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Runciman Prize), Stalingrad (Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize), Berlin: The Downfall, The Battle for Spain (Premio La Vanguardia), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal), The Second World War, Ardennes 1944 (Prix Médicis shortlist) and Arnhem. The number one bestselling historian in Britain, Beevor's books have appeared in thirty-three languages and have sold over eight million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received a number of honorary doctorates. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Kent and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London. He was knighted in 2017.
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List of Illustrations Map Dramatis Personae 1. The Cherry Orchard of Victory 2. Knippers and Chekhovs 3. Mikhail Chekhov 4. Misha and Olga 5. The Beginning of a Revolution 6. The End of a Marriage 7. Frost and Famine 8. Surviving the Civil War 9. The Dangers of Exile 10. The Far-Flung Family 11. The Early 1920s in Moscow and Berlin 12. Home Thoughts from Abroad 13. The End of Political Innocence 14. The Totalitarian Years 15. The Great Terror 16. Enemy Aliens 17. Moscow 1941 18. A Family Divided by War 19. Berlin and Moscow 1945 20. Return to Berlin 21. After the War Olga Chekhov's Films References Source Notes Select Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
List of Illustrations Map Dramatis Personae 1. The Cherry Orchard of Victory 2. Knippers and Chekhovs 3. Mikhail Chekhov 4. Misha and Olga 5. The Beginning of a Revolution 6. The End of a Marriage 7. Frost and Famine 8. Surviving the Civil War 9. The Dangers of Exile 10. The Far-Flung Family 11. The Early 1920s in Moscow and Berlin 12. Home Thoughts from Abroad 13. The End of Political Innocence 14. The Totalitarian Years 15. The Great Terror 16. Enemy Aliens 17. Moscow 1941 18. A Family Divided by War 19. Berlin and Moscow 1945 20. Return to Berlin 21. After the War Olga Chekhov's Films References Source Notes Select Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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