Dosha, flight of the Russian Gypsies

In 1956 Khrushchev’s Thaw triggers the Hungarian Revolution and upheaval in the Soviet Empire. During Khrushchev’s first state visit to Helsinki, Dosha, star rider of the Soviet Dressage Team and her horse defect with the help of local Gypsies. The novel follows the life of Dosha, a Gypsy in disguise. It offers
unique insight into the tribal life of nomadic Gypsies, who under Stalin joined partisans fighting Nazi invaders, only to face entrapment during Khrushchev’s Thaw. By then Dosha and h...