{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-early-soviet-childhood-1917-1941-childrens-tragedy-paperback","title":"The Dark Side of Early Soviet Childhood, 1917-1941: Children's Tragedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBoris B. Gorshkov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Civil War and early Soviet food policies left millions of children homeless and starving in Russia in the first half of the 20th century. Child mortality rates reached 95% in certain areas, and all of these problems remained endemic throughout the 1920s and 1930s. In \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side of Early Soviet Childhood, 1917-1941\u003c\/i\u003e, Boris B. Gorshkov investigates the causes of this prolonged homelessness and starvation, the conditions faced by huge numbers of children, and the state's unsuccessful efforts to solve these horrendous issues. Gorshkov pays particular attention to the critical role of the secret police (the VChKa and the NKVD) in this story and draws on a range of previously unused archival sources to reveal the full extent of the suffering of children in Russia at this time, as well as the interconnected causes behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoris B. Gorshkov\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at Kennesaw State University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePeasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2018), Russia's \u003ci\u003eFactory Children, Society, and the State: Childhood, Apprenticeship and Law, 1800-1917 \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and \u003ci\u003eA Life under Russian Serfdom: Memoirs of Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii, 1800-68\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247613927731,"sku":"9781350415690","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/fxAuSKnW9K9781350415690.webp?v=1776305362","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-dark-side-of-early-soviet-childhood-1917-1941-childrens-tragedy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}