To Catch a Tartar: Notes from the Caucasus
- By : Chris Bird
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To Catch a Tartar Notes from the Caucasus Sergey Novikov a colonel and Arabist in the KGB warned Chris Bird in not to go to the Caucasus telling him he would be shot or kidnapped down the first side street Bird ignored his friend s ad
Sergey Novikov, a colonel and Arabist in the KGB, warned Chris Bird in 1993 not to go to the Caucasus, telling him he would be shot or kidnapped down the first side street Bird ignored his friend s advice and took his young family to the Georgian capital, Tblisi, where he worked as a young reporter The nights were broken by gunfire and the anarchy on the streets was remiSergey Novikov, a colonel and Arabist in the KGB, warned Chris Bird in 1993 not to go to the Caucasus, telling him he would be shot or kidnapped down the first side street Bird ignored his friend s advice and took his young family to the Georgian capital, Tblisi, where he worked as a young reporter The nights were broken by gunfire and the anarchy on the streets was reminiscent of revolutionary Russia Russian soldiers driving off to the front, bringing to mind the armies of War and Peace.
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Published :2019-05-21T05:40:31+00:00
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Bird does a good job in presenting the plight of the Chechen people, whose current story (let alone history) is little known outside Russia, save occasional headlines here and there. I confess I ended up skimming towards the end for the last couple of chapters (the Chechen story is rather grim and doesn't get better), but can recommend the book as an engaging, first-hand, objective account.