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Sofia Petrovna (European Classics) (3rd Edition) by Lydia Chukovskaya, Aline Werth (Translator), Lidiia Korneevna Chukovskaia, Лидия Корнеевна Чуковская, Lidii͡a Korneevna Chukovskai͡a, Lidii︠a︡ Korneevna Chukovskai︠a︡ Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-8101-1150-0 / 0810111500 ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-1150-9 / 9780810111509 Sofia Petrovna is Lydia Chukovskaya's fictional account of the Great Purge. Sofia is a Soviet Everywoman, a doctor's widow who works as a typist in a Leningrad publishing house. When her beloved son is caught up in the maelstrom of the purge, she joins the long lines of women outside the prosecutor' |