{"product_id":"9781783966981","title":"Dancing for Stalin: A True Story of Extraordinary Courage and Survival in the Soviet Gulag","description":"Author: Christina Ezrahi \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781783966981 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Elliott \u0026amp; Thompson \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 7.795in x 5.079in \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003eNina Anisimova was born in 1909 in imperial St Petersburg. One of the most renowned character dancers and choreographers of the twentieth century, she won her way into the hearts of her audience over many decades. Yet few knew that her exemplary career concealed a dark secret.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n In 1938, at the height of Stalin’s Great Terror, Nina vanished. Only a handful of people knew that she had been arrested by the secret police, accused of being a Nazi spy and sentenced to forced labour in a camp in Kazakhstan.\u003cbr\u003e\n Trapped thousands of miles from home and surrounded by the horrors of the Karlag camp – without winter clothes in temperatures of minus 40 degrees – her art was her salvation, giving her a reason to fight for her life.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eDancing for Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable true story of suffering and injustice, of courage, resilience and – ultimately – triumph.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45475732914334,"sku":"HPC-9781783966981","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781783966981.jpg?v=1747884452","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781783966981","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}