interesting view into soviet culture and the immense human costs
3 stars
oh so very depressing and dark
Published Sept. 27, 1993
The Ghost of the Executed Engineer
by Loren Graham
3 stars
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The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union is a documentary book written by Loren Graham, an MIT professor specializing in Russian technology history that criticizes the direction of Soviet industrialization. Published by the Harvard University Press in 1993, it describes the life of Peter Palchinsky, in whom it personifies the struggles and misfortunes of Soviet industrialization.