Typewritten, 341 pages of memoir, .3 cubic feet
Summary:
The materials contain Balinsky's recollections of his early life in Kiev and Irpen, the Civil War (1917-1921), trips to the Crimea and the Caucasus, the Communist Party, NKVD raids and trials, the imprisonment of his wife Katia (1937-39), military service, and World War II.
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