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Author : Michael Krupa
Release : 1997-12-01
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
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Book Rating : 302/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shallow Graves in Siberia by : Michael Krupa
Download or read book Shallow Graves in Siberia written by Michael Krupa. This book was released on 1997-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Krupa
Release : 2011-05-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 234/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shallow Graves in Siberia by : Michael Krupa
Download or read book Shallow Graves in Siberia written by Michael Krupa. This book was released on 2011-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Krupa was born into a poor family in south-west Poland, and in his teens was accepted into a Jesuit seminary. He ran away before taking his final vows and joined the army. Soon afterwards, the German tanks rolled into Poland and easily defeated her antiquated forces - the Polish cavalry were armed with sabres. Krupa survived Hitler's invasion, but was arrested in Soviet-occupied eastern Poland and accused of spying. After enduring torture in Moscow's notorious Lubianka prison, he was sentenced to ten years' corrective labour and deported to the Pechora Gulag. Most prisoners there were worked and starved to death within a year. But Krupa managed again to escape, and in the chaos following the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union made one of the most extraordinary journeys of the war - from Siberia to safety in Afghanistan. Krupa's Jesuit training had given him an inner strength and resilience which enabled him to survive in the face of appalling brutality and cruelty. Luck and the kindness of strangers helped him complete his epic journey to freedom.
Author : Сергей Иванович Руденко
Release : 1970
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 957/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Frozen Tombs of Siberia by : Сергей Иванович Руденко
Download or read book Frozen Tombs of Siberia written by Сергей Иванович Руденко. This book was released on 1970. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergei Ivanovich Rudenko was a prominent Russian/Soviet anthropologist and archaeologist who discovered and excavated the most celebrated of Scythian burials, Pazyryk in Siberia. During the excavation of Pazyryk tombs, he discovered the world's most spectacular tattooed mummy said to belong to the Pazyryk Culture which flourished between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC. Herodotus and other ancient writers referred to the Altay as "the golden mountain". It was there that the impregnable citadel of the Scythians (or Sacae) lay hidden for centuries. Rudenko, however, was cautious enough not to assign his findings to the Scythians. He attributed the kurgan finds to the formidable Iron Age horsemen and warriors, whom he dubbed the "Pazyryks." Although they left no written records, Pazyryk artifacts are distinguished by a sophisticated level of artistry and craftsmanship. The Pazyryk tombs discovered by Rudenko were in an almost perfect state of preservation. They contained skeletons and intact bodies of horses and embalmed humans, together with a wealth of artifacts including saddles, riding gear, a chariot, rugs, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments, amulets, tools, and an "apparatus for inhaling hemp smoke." Also found in the tombs were fabrics from Persia and China, which the Pazyryks must have obtained on journeys covering thousands of miles.
Author : Sergeĭ Ivanovich Rudenko
Release : 1970
Genre : Altai Mountains
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Book Synopsis Frozen Tombs of Siberia by : Sergeĭ Ivanovich Rudenko
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Author : John McCallum
Release : 2012-07-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Long Way Home by : John McCallum
Download or read book The Long Way Home written by John McCallum. This book was released on 2012-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of nineteen, Glasgow-born John McCallum signed up as a Supplementary Reservist in the Signal Corps. A little over a year later, he was in France, working frantically to set up communication lines as Europe once more hurtled towards war. Wounded and captured at Boulogne, he was sent to the notorious Stalag VIIIB prison camp, together with his brother, Jimmy, and friend Joe Harkin. Ingenious and resourceful, the three men set about planning their escape. With the help of Traudl, a local girl, they put their plan into action. In an astonishing coincidence, they passed through the town of Sagan, around which the seventy-six airmen of the Great Escape were being pursued and caught. However, unlike most of these other escapees, John, Jimmy and Joe eventually made it to freedom. Now, due to the declassification of documents under the Official Secrets Act, John McCallum is finally able to tell the thrilling story of his adventure, in which he recaptures all the danger, audacity and romance of one of the most daring escapes of the Second World War.
