A Product of the Soviet System: Beginnings: Volume 1 by Nick Samoylov

by Nick Samoylov

This book presents an insider's view of the bold socialistic experiment called the U.S.S.R. and then, in a subsequent volume, an immigrant's vision of Western capitalism. It is the story of an intelligent person raised in controlled conditions of the theoretical social paradise, who is later given an opportunity of becoming part of the totally different way of life. The private accounts of family members who participated in historical events such as World War I, the Russian revolution, and World War II, the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union add new dimensions to our understanding of the past that shaped our present and still defines our future. Given the opportunity to start anew in the west, the author has a unique position of being able to see both sides of the curtain that separated communism and capitalism. Only after losing everything is one able to validate the lost values and critically examine new ideas.

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First published April 25, 2011

About the author

Nick Samoylov was born in Moscow, lived with his family inside the Arctic Circle before moving to the Southern Ukraine where he went to school. After graduation from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies, he worked as a theoretical physicist in Crimea and got involved in rock climbing and mountain rescue team.

In 1999, the family emigrated to the United States, where Nick and his wife Luda live now, working as programmers, often for the same company and on the same project. They have two grown-up daughters.

You can read more about Nick and follow his blog and other updates on www.nicksamoylov.com