Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, pressure to succeed and trying to fit in; but also experience of famine, exile and conscription under Stalin.
Teenage diaries from Stalin’s Russia reveal boys’ struggles with love, famine and Soviet pressure to achieve
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