How does someone go from being born to political exiles in a frozen labor colony to designing technology for space exploration? This Siberia true story book answers that question with remarkable poise, honesty, and poetic reflection. It’s a beautiful reminder that with a dream you can make anything possible even having freedom and ambition.

“If you loved The Gulag Archipelago or Educated, you will love the Siberian Dream. Watching the author rise through Moscow’s top physics programs to eventually share his NASA scientist life story at Caltech is nothing short of incredible.

It’s an eye-opening Soviet Union true story that doesn’t hold back on the brutal realities of the KGB/NKVD regime, yet it leaves you feeling inspired by how far the human spirit (and a sharp mind) can go.