I want to live: The diary of a young girl in Stalin's Russia

Title

I want to live: The diary of a young girl in Stalin's Russia

Creator

Nina Lugovskaya

Contributor

Andrew Bromfield: Translator

Description

The "Anne Frank of Russia" was 13 when she started a diary of her life in Moscow during Stalin's Great Purge. In 1937 Stalin's secret police ransacked her house and discovered the diary. She, her mother, and two sisters were charged with treason and sentenced to five years hard labor n the Gulag followed by seven years of exile. They all survived.

Publisher

Black Swan Books

Rights

Copyright 2006

Language

English

Format

Book

Type

Text

Identifier

ISBN: 9780552772907
UPC:
SKU: 2022Wri4
CALL#:

Subject

--Children's diaries
--Children's writing

Files

I want to live_Nina Lugovskaya_writers.jpg

Collection

Writers

Citation

Nina Lugovskaya, “I want to live: The diary of a young girl in Stalin's Russia,” The Children's Collection, accessed December 24, 2025, https://catalog.thechildrenscollection.org/items/show/79.