Lena Mukhina: The Diary of Lena Mukhina [2015] paperback Condition:New and pride finally reach boiling

and pride finally reach boiling point

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his father died in his infancy

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a young university student

Lena Mukhina: The Diary of Lena Mukhina [2015] paperback Condition:New and pride finally reach boilingIn May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova, the boy she liked, liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning German, the language of Russia's Nazi ally. And she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreams. Then, on 22 June 1941, Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared war on the Soviet Union. All too soon, Leningrad was