"RED WINTER"
I recently had the opportunity to order and read, "Red Winter" by Kyra Kaptzan-Robinov.
The novel is based upon events that occurred for her grandmother, grandfather, aunts, and uncles along with distant relatives who were caught up in the Russian Revolution from 1917-1923.
The story (and actual events), takes place from about 1919-1920 in the city of "Nikolaevsk" on the Amur River in far Eastern Siberia. The history is interesting because although we all know about the Russian Revolution during and after WWI in and around Moscow; we tend to think that the Soviets overtook the land in one fell swoop. Not true, because of the immensity of the land and harsh winters, it took the movement about two years to catch up with far Eastern Siberia. The story also relates how the cultures of Russia, Siberia, Japan, and China had been interwoven with the town of "Nikolaevsk" due to the "Russo-Japanese War" of 1904-1905.
"Red Winter" somewhat reminded me of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1966 novel entitled: "Cancer Ward."
In "Red Winter," the metastasizing disease is not actual cancer, but a political and military social cancer that eventually metastasizes its way both West and East of Russia eventually destroying the normalcy of the Russian inteligencia, and working class people that lived and worked within a symbiotic life style. Naturally; the "Red Cancer" (Bolsheviks') consumes all in its path and destroys families, lifestyles, human civility, and hope. This is a gut wrenching story that slowly eviscerates the reader as well as one women and her entire family as they struggle to survive the onslaught of "Neanderthalic" butchers.
This is a story that pulls the reader into the heroism of one woman and what she suffered through for the survival of herself and her family.
In my opinion; this event of 1919-1920 only goes to show what can happen to a country if, and when "Socialism", and it's bedmate, "Communism" decide to become the ruling government body. Regardless of the time...the events will ultimately repeat themselves.
I highly recommend this book for everyone interested in history, Russia, human psychology, motherly love, and deep human inner strength that only some of us are blessed with.
Kyra Kaptzan-Robinov has done a magnificent job of writing, caricature development, imagery, and storytelling. A fine piece of real literature I must say.
A five star book without doubt.
As they say in Russia, Kyra...."OCHEN KHARASHO!"
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