Originally published in 1935, this book tells the story of one Professor Tchernavins escape into Finland from a Soviet prison camp, along with his wife and chil

"Open at once! This is the GPU." On a cold night in 1930, Vladimir Tchernavin's home was raided by the GPU, the Soviet secret police, who ransacked his home loo

One of the first accounts by an escaped prisoner of the Soviet gulags.