Most of them lived in poverty/poor farmers that could not even provide food for their families. ... Ammunition supplies had run out, many soldiers lacked shoes and sufficient clothing; adequate food supplies had cease reaching the front, but to the soldiers it seemed that the leaders callously ignored the losses of lives. ...

• Word Count: 1424
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Clothing and shoes though were even harder to come by. ... The Kirkus Review said, "One of the most comprehensive accounts of what it meant to live in Stalin's Russia" (Thebookservice.com). ...

• Word Count: 1652
• Approx Pages: 7
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