{"product_id":"dancing-for-stalin-by-christina-ezrahi-9781783965571","title":"Dancing for Stalin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNina Anisimova was born in 1909 in imperial St Petersburg. One of the most renowned character dancers of the Stalinist period, she won her way into the hearts of her audience over many decades. Yet few knew that her exemplary career was a fragile construct built atop a dark secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1938, at the height of the Great Terror, Nina vanished. Only a handful of people knew that this famous dancer had not only been arrested by the Secret Police, accused of being a Nazi Spy, but was also sentenced to forced labour in a camp in Kazakhstan. There, her art would become a salvation, giving her a reason to fight for her life when she found herself without winter clothes in temperatures of minus 40 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the coming weeks, Nina’s husband, Kostia Derzhavin, began to piece together what had happened to his wife. What he decided to do next was almost without precedent – to take on the ruthless Soviet state to prove her innocence. He would put himself in danger to save the woman he loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDancing for Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable true story of suffering and injustice, of courage, resilience, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46654223483116,"sku":"9781783965571","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4270543482823.jpg?v=1752460525","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dancing-for-stalin-by-christina-ezrahi-9781783965571","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}