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East/West
Film directed by Régis Wargnier Characters:
Marie
Alexei
Serioja-son of Alexei and Marie
Gabrielle-French actress
Sacha-swimmer, grandson of Alexei and Marie’s first landlady Pirogov-KGB inspector
Olga-Alexei and Marie’s snoopy neighbor
Chronology:
June 1946-Alexei, Marie and Serioja return to the USSR 1948-Marie helps Sacha escape USSR
1954-Marie is released from Soviet prison
Late 1980s-Alexei rejoins his family in France
Questions:
How did Joseph Stalin encourage emigrants to return to the USSR at the end of World War II? Why would he do this?
A:
Why are Alexei and his family spared while the rest of the returnees on their ship were sent to gulags or executed?
The Soviet Union had major housing shortages and living in communal
Film directed by Régis Wargnier Characters:
Marie
Alexei
Serioja-son of Alexei and Marie
Gabrielle-French actress
Sacha-swimmer, grandson of Alexei and Marie’s first landlady Pirogov-KGB inspector
Olga-Alexei and Marie’s snoopy neighbor
Chronology:
June 1946-Alexei, Marie and Serioja return to the USSR 1948-Marie helps Sacha escape USSR
1954-Marie is released from Soviet prison
Late 1980s-Alexei rejoins his family in France
Questions:
How did Joseph Stalin encourage emigrants to return to the USSR at the end of World War II? Why would he do this?
A:
Why are Alexei and his family spared while the rest of the returnees on their ship were sent to gulags or executed?
The Soviet Union had major housing shortages and living in communal