Events
8 events
BOOK 1Children of the Arbat
- BOOK 1 · CH. 4Sasha's Expulsion from KomsomolSasha is expelled from the Komsomol and Transport Institute over satirical wall newspaper content and his defense of disgraced deputy director Krivoruchko, marking the beginning of his political persecution.Sasha Pankratov, Lozgachev, Baulin +1
- BOOK 1 · CH. 13Sasha's ArrestSasha Pankratov is arrested at night by NKVD agents on fabricated counter-revolutionary charges and taken to Butyrka prison, beginning his descent into the Soviet penal system.Sasha Pankratov, Sofya Alexandrovna
- BOOK 1 · CH. 16Lena's Abortion AttemptYuri Sharok pressures his pregnant girlfriend Lena to terminate the pregnancy through a dangerous home remedy, leading to severe complications and hospitalization.
Yuri Sharok, Lena Budyagina - BOOK 1 · CH. 23Budyagin's Meeting with StalinIvan Budyagin finally meets with Stalin after over a year of waiting, only to have his geopolitical warnings dismissed and his loyalty questioned, signaling his political marginalization.
Ivan Budyagin, Stalin - BOOK 1 · CH. 29Sasha's Exile SentenceSasha receives his sentence of three years' administrative exile to Eastern Siberia and has a final heartbreaking visit with his mother before departure.Sasha Pankratov, Sofya Alexandrovna
- BOOK 1 · CH. 39Stalin's Power ConsolidationStalin reflects on the necessity of absolute power and the elimination of all potential opponents, summoning Yagoda to begin the purge that will start in Leningrad.Stalin, Yagoda
- BOOK 1 · CH. 42Yuri Sharok Joins NKVDRecent law graduate Yuri Sharok is recruited by the NKVD, beginning his rapid ascent within the secret police while concealing his compromised family background.Yuri Sharok, Dyakov, Berezin
- BOOK 1 · CH. 70Kirov's AssassinationNews reaches the Siberian exiles that Sergei Kirov has been assassinated in Leningrad, signaling the onset of harsher political repression.Sasha Pankratov
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