| Valery Yankovsky has been through everything | | | | thing because there are special interest groups |
| you could every imagine, and more. He was a | | | | out there who have the intention of making |
| farmer, a well known tiger hunter and an | | | | people believe that the holocaust and other |
| educated, good man who spoke several | | | | events "never happened" which is completely |
| languages. He was then separated from his family | | | | bogus and terrifying to think that people are |
| and taken to one of Stalin's arctic slave labor | | | | buying into these lies. |
| camps known as the gulags or the Red Hell. | | | | It is important to read about historical events and |
| After spending more than 10 years in the Soviet | | | | tragedies that occurred over the past several |
| gulags, he escaped with his life and had an | | | | centuries as it can allow us to learn from the |
| incredibly long, but unforgettable journey through | | | | mistakes our ancestors made and be sure to not |
| Siberia and modern day Russia. Millions of people | | | | make them again. Valery Yankovsky is one of |
| died for no reason, declared "enemies" of their | | | | only a few men who were lucky enough to |
| own state that they loved and would die for. | | | | survive the enslavement and nightmarish |
| They were forced to do hard labor in the freezing | | | | experience of the gulags, but he definitely did not |
| cold taiga while being starved to death and | | | | deserve to go through that in the first place. He |
| subjected to the poorest living conditions you | | | | has an amazing story that he has been generous |
| could ever imagine. | | | | enough to share with us by writing his book |
| He is one of the only remaining gulag survivors | | | | "Escape: A True Story" which is available to the |
| that are still alive today. This is a very special | | | | public and has had glowing reviews. |