Elvira Baryakina Series

Elvira Baryakina crafts historical novels set in the first half of the 20th century. Her aim is to gather fragments of stories scattered across the globe, reconstructing neglected historical events to reveal a larger picture. She examines the USSR not just as a state, but as a quasi-religious order with its own relics and crusades. Baryakina is particularly interested in individuals who dared to defy the Soviet regime, focusing her narratives on those who refused to be dehumanized cogs within a vast, oppressive system.