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This was a very fun read about the history of the Soviet Union as experienced through what people ate in each decade of the Soviet Union's history. It started with a meal fit for the Tsars for contrast, and then explained how people ate and prepared meals in communal kitchens under communism.
Two things Anya von Bremzen does particularly well in this book is explain Gorbachev from the Soviet point-of-view at the end of the Soviet Empire. Westerners celebrate the end of the rivalry (short-lived, i ...more
Two things Anya von Bremzen does particularly well in this book is explain Gorbachev from the Soviet point-of-view at the end of the Soviet Empire. Westerners celebrate the end of the rivalry (short-lived, i ...more
May 27, 2021
Erin
marked it as to-read
