Surgeon Grow By Malcolm Grow The only American attached as a regimental surgeon to a Russian army unit gives an up close look at what the war and revolution were like. Memoir
Future Prospects By Mikhail Bulgakov The great author's first publication focused on his thoughts on the war. Memoir
Six Month in Red Russia By Louise Bryant A gripping, and sympathetic memoir of the revolution by a pathbreaking journalist of her day. Memoir
A Truly Unique Person By Evgenia Shcheglova A short essay recounting the author's friendship with Lydia Budogoskaya, a little known yet famous Russian writer who was gifted and uncommonly humble. Memoir
If You Can, Turn Around By Konstantin Azadovsky In which the author reminisces about his time spent with Brodsky, while the latter was sent to exile in the North. Memoir
No One is Forgotten, Nothing is Forgotten By Olga Bergholz A gripping memoir by the heroic Voice of the Leningrad Blockade, who also suffered through literary persecution. Memoir
Notebooks By Izrail Metter A poignant, humorous and telling memoir of a rare soul with a worthy backbone. Memoir
Diaries By Lydia Ginzburg In which Ginzburg meditates on the Russian Jewish community - to which she also belongs - and on its role in Russian culture. Memoir
Letter to Sofya By Fyodor Dostoyevsky In this letter to his niece, Dostoyevsky describes the thinking behind Prince Myshkin, the central character in his novel The Idiot. Memoir
Masha is Lying on the Table By Fyodor Dostoyevsky A diary entry Dostoyevsky wrote on the death of his first wife, which became an extraordinary and impassioned meditation on death, immortality and human relationships. Memoir
