Description: "At the beginning of the twentieth century, more Jews lived in the Russian Empire than anywhere else in the world. After the Holocaust, the USSR remained one of the world#25;s three key centers of Jewish population, along with the United States and Israel. While a great deal is known about the history and experiences of the Jewish people in the US and in Israel in the twentieth century, much less is known about the experiences of Soviet Jews."--]cFrom publisher's description.
Brief description: Oleg Budnitskii is Professor of History in the Faculty of Humanities and Director of the Institute for Advanced Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE University), Moscow. He is the author of seven books, including Russian Jews between the Reds and the Whites (1917-1920).
Review Quotes: "This is an inspired and inspiring history of Soviet Jews, what they contributed, and what they suffered. A necessary book."--Robert Service, Emeritus Professor of Russian History, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford