Tamara Life in the Soviet Union and under Capitalism by Tamara Bukhanov

This is the SECOND Edition of the book of the same title published in 2025. The memoir "Tamara Life in the Soviet Union and under Capitalism" is written by a Russian who lived half her life under the Soviet regime and the other half in Canada. As the work is a letter to her granddaughter, Tamara's life, situations, and feelings are described as they were, without consideration for political correctness or in order to match to taste of the present time; it is the real life of an ordinary person. The second edition has "Afterword , 2023" chapter added. Author Tamara Bukhanov gives her opinion on both systems, her thoughts on various subjects provoke readers to examine their own opinions and views.