To the Tashkent Station

By Rebecca Manley,

Book cover of To the Tashkent Station: Evacuation and Survival in the Soviet Union at War

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In summer and fall 1941, as German armies advanced with shocking speed across the Soviet Union, the Soviet leadership embarked on a desperate attempt to safeguard the country's industrial and human resources. Their success helped determine the outcome of the war in Europe. To the Tashkent Station brilliantly reconstructs the…

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2 authors picked To the Tashkent Station as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I could not put down this account of the world’s first major refugee crisis, as millions of families were ripped apart during WWII. Focusing on the Soviet Union, this book traces the itineraries of children separated from their mothers, prisoners and refugees torn asunder from their homes. Moreover, it also follows them as they forge new lives, often in the most transient and inhospitable conditions.

I felt I never truly understood what happens to the family during wartime until I read this book. 

Manley’s beautifully written, insightful book focuses on one of the greatest feats of World War II: the Soviet evacuation, one step ahead of the Wehrmacht’s lightening advance, of up to 25 million people, along with the industrial base. Evacuation not only saved millions, but made possible the construction of a new industrial base outside the reach of German bombers. Manley follows over 100,000 citizens to Tashkent, a major destination city in Central Asia. She vividly brings to life the long difficult journeys of evacuees and refugees and their struggles to find work, food, and housing in a city flooded…

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