The Last Man in Russia - And the Struggle to Save a Dying Nation

Wonderful ... These are the chronicles of a writer who truly knows Russia'' New York Timesbr>br>Award-winning writer Oliver Bullough travels the country from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept village, following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man, the dissident Orthodox priest Father Dmitry. His moving, terrifying story is the story of a nation: famine, war, the frozen wastes of the Gulag, the collapse of communism and now, a people seeking oblivion. Bullough shows that in a country so willing to crush its citizens, there is also courage, resilience and flickering glimmers of hope.>

About the author

Oliver Bullough studied modern history at Oxford University and moved to Russia after graduating in 1999. He lived in St Petersburg, Bishkek and Moscow over the next seven years, travelling widely as a reporter for Reuters news agency. He is now the Caucasus Editor for the Institute of War and Peace Reporting. His first book, Let Our Fame Be Great, Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus, received the Cornelius Ryan award in the United States and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in Britain. Oliver Bullough received the Oxfam Emerging Writer award in 2011.

Summary

'Wonderful ... These are the chronicles of a writer who truly knows Russia' New York Times

Award-winning writer Oliver Bullough travels the country from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept village, following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man, the dissident Orthodox priest Father Dmitry. His moving, terrifying story is the story of a nation: famine, war, the frozen wastes of the Gulag, the collapse of communism and now, a people seeking oblivion. Bullough shows that in a country so willing to crush its citizens, there is also courage, resilience and flickering glimmers of hope.

Report

An ambitious and wide-ranging journey into the heart of a great, sad country ... He has a talent for sketching the people he meets, often administering a welcome dose of humour, and he appreciates the absurd, in the best Russian tradition Arthur House Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Bullough, Bullough Oliver
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.02.2014
• EAN: 9780141399492
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139949-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Europe; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, 21st Century, Politics & government, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, c 1950 to c 1959, C 1945 To C 1960, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Post-Soviet