In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of
brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Rustam
Alexander recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives
were directly affected by those laws, including a naive Scottish
journalist based in Moscow who dared to write to Stalin in an
attempt to save his lover from prosecution, and a homosexual
theatre student who came to Moscow in pursuit of a career amid
Stalin's harsh repressions and mass arrests. We also meet a
fearless doctor in Siberia who provided medical treatment for gay
men at his own peril, and a much-loved Soviet singer who hid his
homosexuality from the secret police. Each vignette helps paint the
hitherto unknown picture of how Soviet oppression of gay people
originated and was perpetuated from Stalin's rule until the demise
of the USSR. This book comes at a time when homophobia is again
rearing its ugly head under Putin's rule. -- .
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