Victor Kravchenko (defector)
Victor Andreevich Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Кра́вченко, Russian: Ви́ктор Андре́евич Кра́вченко) (11 October 1905 Yekaterinoslav – 25 February 1966 New York) was a Soviet defector who wrote of his life in the Soviet Union as a Soviet official in his book I Chose Freedom published in 1946. He also wrote about his experience under American capitalism.
Read more about Victor Kravchenko (defector): Early Life, Defection, Author, The Trial of The Century, Later Years, Suicide or Assassination, Books
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