Between Prison and Freedom
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Between Prison and Freedom

Memoir of a Soviet Dissident

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Between Prison and Freedom

Memoir of a Soviet Dissident

About this book

This thrilling memoir documents the early life of Russian journalist and human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek as he and other dissidents fearlessly fought against the Soviet Union.

Between Prison and Freedom chronicles Alexander Podrabinek's deeply personal recollections of his early life fearlessly opposing the injustices of the Soviet Union. He vividly describes his turbulent journey from silently protesting at Pushkin Square as a teenager to his exile in a brutal prison camp for publishing Punitive Medicine. Between Prison and Freedom is a powerful tribute to the Russian dissidents, desperately loyal to their country and to each other, as they fought for freedom and justice, all while cunningly evading the KGB's nearly successful efforts to break—or kill—them.

Through his personal experiences, the dissident reality unfolds as an onslaught of surveillance and false accusations, corrective labor camps and exile, and a consistent disregard for basic human freedoms. In this captivating story about standing against tyranny, Podrabinek captures the spirit of the dissident movement, the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident's life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword, by David Satter
  7. 1. How to Quit Smoking and Start Writing Your Memoirs
  8. 2. Childhood
  9. 3. Pushkin Square
  10. 4. The Beginning
  11. 5. Moscow
  12. 6. Three Pals
  13. 7. Ladies from the Last Century
  14. 8. Writer’s Itch
  15. 9. Impatience
  16. 10. From Illusions to Action
  17. 11. Psychiatry: First Steps
  18. 12. “Do You Recognize Your Brother Sasha?”
  19. 13. New Year’s, 1977: Tallin
  20. 14. The Belyaevo Triangle
  21. 15. Our Answer to Chamberlain
  22. 16. A Journey to Siberia
  23. 17. The Empire Strikes Back
  24. 18. West–East
  25. 19. Cherchez la Femme
  26. 20. Dress Rehearsal
  27. 21. Farwell to Arms!
  28. 22. The Art of the Interrogation
  29. 23. Correspondents and Diplomats
  30. 24. Emergency Services
  31. 25. In the KGB’s Crosshairs
  32. 26. No One Wanted to Leave
  33. 27. My Tail
  34. 28. First Test
  35. 29. Hostages: From the Reminisces of P. A. Podrabinek
  36. 30. A Moment of Weakness
  37. 31. Our Man in the KGB
  38. 32. The Working Commission
  39. 33. My Last Few Days
  40. 34. Matrosskaya Tishina
  41. 35. Minors
  42. 36. The Investigation
  43. 37. The Trial
  44. 38. Krasnaya Presnya
  45. 39. A Long Journey
  46. 40. Chuna
  47. 41. Barmakon
  48. 42. The Honeymoon
  49. 43. The Pole of Cold
  50. 44. Yakutsk Prison
  51. 45. Death Row
  52. 46. An Idiotic Investigation
  53. 47. Eros Doesn’t Nod
  54. 48. Difficulties with My Legal Proceedings
  55. 49. Another Trial
  56. 50. Bolshaya Markha
  57. 51. “Labor Is a Matter of Honor, Courage, and Heroism”
  58. 52. A Prison in a Prison
  59. 53. Criminals
  60. 54. “Only Cross on a Green Light”
  61. 55. Trying to Break Me
  62. 56. Loneliness
  63. 57. Hunger
  64. 58. Cold
  65. 59. Dreams
  66. 60. Yet Another Moment of Weakness
  67. 61. Snitches
  68. 62. TB
  69. 63. The Hospital
  70. 64. Expelled from Paradise
  71. 65. A Pleasant Prison Camp Life
  72. 66. My Last Few Days
  73. 67. Ode to the Padded Jacket
  74. 68. The Temptation of Freedom
  75. Index