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‘A captivating story of courage, belief, and disillusionment under the persistent tyranny of Russian imperialism. Even after 90 years, Kirsti’s story is a testament to the ongoing fight for Freedom.' - Ana Khizanishvili, Human Rights LawyerUnder the Sickle and the Sledgehammer was originally published in 1942, as war still raged between Finland and the Soviet Union.The author of this memoir, Kirsti Huurre (a pseudonym, since it was far too risky to reveal her real name), was a Finnish woman who immigrated to the Soviet Union in the 1930s, convinced the new egalitarian state and workers’ paradise would provide a better life for her and her young son; she was hopeful that, once settled, she would be able to send for him. What followed was vastly different to what was promised: a life filled with fear, suspicion, violence and state-run propaganda that spun a web of lies around its people. Kirsti eventually escaped – defying the odds when so many of her friends and loved ones did not.Under the Sickle and the Sledgehammer is the first English translation of what became the second most censored book – second only to Mein Kampf – from Finnish libraries after the war. This is a gripping and valuable account of life in Stalin’s oppressive Soviet Union.
ANNA HYRSKE's great grandmother KIRSTI HUURRE was the author of the of the memoir Under the Sickle and the Sledgehammer: One Woman's Private Diary from 1930s Soviet Russia. Anna’s career is within the financial industry, currently working as the Principal Responsible Investment Specialist at the Bank of Finland. She has previously written books and articles on investment and finance.KIRSTI HUURRE was the author of the original memoir, Under the Sickle and the Sledgehammer: One Woman’s Private Diary from 1930s Soviet Russia.
‘Warm, disturbing and compulsive reading, this extraordinary book tells of lives entangled with love, hope and black despair ... Anyone who reads this fascinating story of life in Stalinist Russia will find it etched in their memory for a long, long time.’