Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, ...

Diaries written by teenage boys in 1930s Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, and pressure to achieve ...

Ekaterina Zadirko, a Slavonic Studies researcher at Trinity College, Cambridge, studied 25 diaries written between 1930 and 1941. Most of the documents had never been studied before and preserved the ...

Tymophiy’s diary: A boy orphaned by war chronicles his fury and grief. Tymophiy is hugged by his aunt Olena Streelets on July 19, 2022, in Shevchenkove, Ukraine. (Kyrylo Svietashov / For The Times) ...