{"product_id":"dancing-on-thin-ice-travails-of-a-russian-dissenter-paperback","title":"Dancing on Thin Ice: Travails of a Russian Dissenter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArkady Polishchuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExiled Russian journalist colorfully narrates his passage into dissent and his work on behalf of persecuted Christians in 1970s USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArkady Polishchuk (1935-2020) was a Russian Jewish dissident and former journalist who authored articles, essays, and satires for leading Russian periodicals, as well as two books about Africa. He also wrote two books in English, \u003cem\u003eDancing on Thin Ice\u003c\/em\u003e (DoppelHouse 2018) and \u003cem\u003eWhile I Was Burying Comrade Stalin\u003c\/em\u003e (MacFarland 2020). His writings appeared in many publications in Europe and the United States including the \u003cem\u003eNational Review, Chicago Tribune, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e. Polishchuk was a broadcaster and correspondent for Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty from 1985-2008 in Washington, D.C.; Munich; and Prague. For many years in Soviet Russian and later in the West, Polishchuk was heavily involved in human rights, including as a testimonial speaker for Amnesty International and working on behalf of 30,000 Russian Evangelicals trying to escape decades of persecution under communist rule. In 1981 he was awarded the British McWhirter Human Rights Foundation Award and, throughout his life, received numerous travel grants for his human rights activities as well as being covered by \u003cem\u003eLife, \u003c\/em\u003ethe\u003cem\u003e New York Times, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNightline \u003c\/em\u003ewith Ted Koppel, and international publications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolishchuk became a dissident in 1973 and spent several weeks in prison as part of a four-year campaign in support of Jewish and Christian emigration. When the Christian Emigration Movement was born after the Helsinki Accords in 1975, Polishchuk concentrated his human rights efforts on helping persecuted Christians - which included the dangerous smuggling of witness testimonies out of the USSR. Over several years he successfully petitioned for the right of Russian Evangelicals to emigrate and traveled to many European countries, to Canada and across the United States on their behalf. For two years he was the managing editor and spokesman for Door of Hope International, an Evangelical human rights organization focusing on religious persecution. He held an advanced degree in Philosophy from Moscow University. Some of his experiences as a dissident in Moscow were covered internationally, for example, in this article by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003efrom October 20, 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772775661856,"sku":"9780998777078","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7b4f693b503b57dd2b6f1fbe02fff7a0.webp?v=1780413984","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dancing-on-thin-ice-travails-of-a-russian-dissenter-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}