In this memoir, architect Gary Berkovich describes life growing up Jewish in the Soviet Union, forced relocation to Siberia, and eventual emigration. The book covers World War II and the author's family, as well as the war's effects on a young teenager indoctrinated by Soviet propaganda. He recounts his education and rise as an architect, schooled in the Soviet Constructivist movement, and the concurrent evolution of his Jewish identity. Later chapters describe Siberia, an often homeless existence in 1960s Moscow, anti-Semitism, problems associated with nonconformity in the U.S.S.R., the…mehr
In this memoir, architect Gary Berkovich describes life growing up Jewish in the Soviet Union, forced relocation to Siberia, and eventual emigration. The book covers World War II and the author's family, as well as the war's effects on a young teenager indoctrinated by Soviet propaganda. He recounts his education and rise as an architect, schooled in the Soviet Constructivist movement, and the concurrent evolution of his Jewish identity. Later chapters describe Siberia, an often homeless existence in 1960s Moscow, anti-Semitism, problems associated with nonconformity in the U.S.S.R., the K.G.B., and the events leading to immigration to the United States. The author's story is recounted alongside the stories of his family members and associates.
Gary Berkovich is an architect and author of the book Capitalism is Simple, published in Moscow after the fall of the Communist regime. He lives in Illinois.
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Table of Contents Prologue 1. Existence Soviets 101 Mother 2. War and Family The Bridge Tashkent Nikolay and Yuzik Cotton Growers Turkestan Uncle Yefim Grandpa Stepfather Chimkent Gena Mark Return 3. Music Years Kharkov The Monastery 17 Tevelev Square A Woman from Music School Embouchure Leonid The Band Pianoforte Obbligato Fèygin Young Pioneer Misha Rabinovich 4. Trade School The House Painter Field Work Izzy Fridenthal Climbing English 5. On the Comrades in Arms The Requital Abram I Am a Jew Now 6. Studies The Gambit Transfer Group Kozlov Dima Destinies Karvovsky Professors Moscow Vice Kòndos Batàlov Edith The Honeymoon NSE 7. Siberia From Moscow to Novosibirsk The Land Use Expert The Bus The Lodging Surveyor General Collective Farm Inn My Circus Kuz'min "Six Ninths" Kisin My Brilliant Failure 8. Exodus The Graduate The Inventor Moscow's Map The Map of Israel Konstantìnov Encountering the KGB Mika Tomsk Berkovich Ph.D. Departure Index
Table of Contents Prologue 1. Existence Soviets 101 Mother 2. War and Family The Bridge Tashkent Nikolay and Yuzik Cotton Growers Turkestan Uncle Yefim Grandpa Stepfather Chimkent Gena Mark Return 3. Music Years Kharkov The Monastery 17 Tevelev Square A Woman from Music School Embouchure Leonid The Band Pianoforte Obbligato Fèygin Young Pioneer Misha Rabinovich 4. Trade School The House Painter Field Work Izzy Fridenthal Climbing English 5. On the Comrades in Arms The Requital Abram I Am a Jew Now 6. Studies The Gambit Transfer Group Kozlov Dima Destinies Karvovsky Professors Moscow Vice Kòndos Batàlov Edith The Honeymoon NSE 7. Siberia From Moscow to Novosibirsk The Land Use Expert The Bus The Lodging Surveyor General Collective Farm Inn My Circus Kuz'min "Six Ninths" Kisin My Brilliant Failure 8. Exodus The Graduate The Inventor Moscow's Map The Map of Israel Konstantìnov Encountering the KGB Mika Tomsk Berkovich Ph.D. Departure Index
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