The Resource Stalin's meteorologist : one man's untold story of love, life, and death, Olivier Rolin
Stalin's meteorologist : one man's untold story of love, life, and death, Olivier Rolin
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- Summary
- "In 1934, the highly respected head of the Soviet Union's meteorology department, Alexei Feodosievich Wangenheim, was suddenly arrested without cause and taken to a gulag. Less than a year after being hailed by Stalin as a national hero, he ended up withthousands of other 'political prisoners' in a camp on an island in the north, under vast skies and surrounded by water that was, for more than six months of the year, a sheet of motionless ice. He was violently executed in 1937--a fact kept from his family for nearly 20 years. Olivier Rolin masterfully weaves together Alexei's story and his eventual fate, drawing on an archive of letters and delicate drawings of the natural world which Wangenheim sent to his family from prison. Tragically, Wangenheim never stopped believing in the Revolution. Maintaining that he'd been incarcerated by accident, that any day Stalin would find out and free him--his stubbornness suffuses the narrative with tension, and offers insight as to how he survived an impossible situation for so long. Stalin's Meteorologist is a fascinating work which casts light on the devastating consequences of politically inspired paranoia and the mindlessness and trauma of totalitarianism--relevant revelations for our time"--Provided by publisher
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 179 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781619027817
- Label
- Stalin's meteorologist : one man's untold story of love, life, and death
- Title
- Stalin's meteorologist
- Title remainder
- one man's untold story of love, life, and death
- Statement of responsibility
- Olivier Rolin
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1934, the highly respected head of the Soviet Union's meteorology department, Alexei Feodosievich Wangenheim, was suddenly arrested without cause and taken to a gulag. Less than a year after being hailed by Stalin as a national hero, he ended up withthousands of other 'political prisoners' in a camp on an island in the north, under vast skies and surrounded by water that was, for more than six months of the year, a sheet of motionless ice. He was violently executed in 1937--a fact kept from his family for nearly 20 years. Olivier Rolin masterfully weaves together Alexei's story and his eventual fate, drawing on an archive of letters and delicate drawings of the natural world which Wangenheim sent to his family from prison. Tragically, Wangenheim never stopped believing in the Revolution. Maintaining that he'd been incarcerated by accident, that any day Stalin would find out and free him--his stubbornness suffuses the narrative with tension, and offers insight as to how he survived an impossible situation for so long. Stalin's Meteorologist is a fascinating work which casts light on the devastating consequences of politically inspired paranoia and the mindlessness and trauma of totalitarianism--relevant revelations for our time"--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rolin, Olivier
- Dewey number
- 365/.45092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DK268.W36
- LC item number
- R6513 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wangengem, Alekse Feodosʹevich
- Political prisoners
- Meteorologists
- Political persecution
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
- Label
- Stalin's meteorologist : one man's untold story of love, life, and death, Olivier Rolin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 179 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781619027817
- Lccn
- 2017029172
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (DLC)BK0020877200
- Label
- Stalin's meteorologist : one man's untold story of love, life, and death, Olivier Rolin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 179 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781619027817
- Lccn
- 2017029172
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (DLC)BK0020877200
Subject
- Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- History
- Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Biography
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
- Wangengem, Alekse Feodosʹevich, 1881-1937
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953
- Meteorologists -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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