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In his latest work, Antony Beevor—bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 and one of our most respected historians of World War II— brings us the true, little-known story of a family torn apart by revolution and war. Olga Chekhova, a stunning Russian beauty, was the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov and a famous Nazi-era film actress who was closely associated with Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev to become a Soviet spy—a career she spent her entire postwar life denying. The riveting story of how Olga and her family survived the Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, and the Second World War becomes, in Beevor's hands, a breathtaking tale of survival in a merciless age.
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Biography, Actors, Spies, Biography & Autobiography, History, Nonfiction, World war, 1939-1945, secret service, soviet union, Women, soviet union, Soviet union, history, 1925-1953, Germany, history, 1918-1933, Germany, history, 1933-1945, Soviet union, biography, Biografia, Espies, Vie intellectuelle, Biographies, Espionnage soviétique, Espionnage, World war, 1939-1945, biography, Actors, soviet union, Actors, biography, World War, 1939-1945, Secret service, Women spies, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Service secret, Espions, Espionnes, HistoirePeople
Olga Tschechowa (b. 1896), Lev Knipper (1898-1974), Olga Chekova (1896-1980), Olʹga Konstantinovna Čehova (1897-1980), Olga Konstantinovna TchekhovaPlaces
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Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. The extraordinary story of how the whole family survived the Russian Revolution, the civil war, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union becomes, in Antony Beevor's hands, a breathtaking tale of compromise and survival in a merciless age.
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