Ian Garner is a cultural historian and translator in Kingston, Ontario.

“This thoroughly-researched volume brings to life an era when journalism – in its particular Russian literary form – really was the first draft of history. Soviet victory at Stalingrad changed the course of the Second World War, and consequently the course of European and world history. Ian Garner’s impressive achievement here is to combine commentary and context with lively translation. It is extremely timely at a moment when journalism – not least in Russia – once again finds itself on the frontline.” James Rodgers, City, University of London, and author of Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin

Ian Garner is a cultural historian and translator in Kingston, Ontario.

“This thoroughly-researched volume brings to life an era when journalism – in its particular Russian literary form – really was the first draft of history. Soviet victory at Stalingrad changed the course of the Second World War, and consequently the course of European and world history. Ian Garner’s impressive achievement here is to combine commentary and context with lively translation. It is extremely timely at a moment when journalism – not least in Russia – once again finds itself on the frontline.” James Rodgers, City, University of London, and author of Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin

Ian Garner is a cultural historian and translator in Kingston, Ontario.

“This thoroughly-researched volume brings to life an era when journalism – in its particular Russian literary form – really was the first draft of history. Soviet victory at Stalingrad changed the course of the Second World War, and consequently the course of European and world history. Ian Garner’s impressive achievement here is to combine commentary and context with lively translation. It is extremely timely at a moment when journalism – not least in Russia – once again finds itself on the frontline.” James Rodgers, City, University of London, and author of Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin