Review:
An interesting, and honest description of the sixties’ Moscow by young historian working on her dissertation about Lunacharski – a first culture commissar in Soviet Russia. Full of anecdotes about her difficulties in getting access to Soviet archives, her encounters with KGB agents and their attempts to either enlist or compromise her, her interaction with locals and friendship with Igor Sats – an editor of Novy Mir.
The honest and lively style makes the reading very interesting and made me finish it in very few sittings.
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In reference to an advice to bribe an official - common at the time in Soviet life, and her Australian roots:
“Australians don’t even know how to tip, let alone bribe.”
The honest and lively style makes the reading very interesting and made me finish it in very few sittings.
Inspect the whole History Section -->
Quotes:
“It was the gulf between pretensions and accomplishments in Soviet life that stuck me.In reference to an advice to bribe an official - common at the time in Soviet life, and her Australian roots:
“Australians don’t even know how to tip, let alone bribe.”
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