Stakhanovites - and others: the story of a worker in the Soviet Union 1939-1946

A vivid description of life in Stalinist Russia where he spent 7 years (1939-1946) as an adolescent - a refugee from Nazi-occupied Poland. Describes the conditions prevailing in the far-flung regions of the Soviet Union, such as Tashkent and Samarkland in Uzbekistan during World War II.