Writer on Soviet History

Peter Day

1 article 1999

Peter Day contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1999, writing about the victims of Stalinist repression who held American citizenship. His work for the magazine explored the intersection of Soviet tyranny and its impact on Americans.

STALIN'S AMERICAN VICTIMS

January 4, 1999 · Magazine

In July 1997, CNN posted a poignant "photographic essay" on its Internet news site about the discovery in Russia of what it called a "horrific reminder of the nation's past." The network reported that a mass grave of more than 9,000 people had been excavated in a forest glade in Sandermakh,…