Moscow stories

by Graham, Loren R.

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Title Statements

Full title :Moscow stories / Loren R. Graham.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:c2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
Place of Publication:Bloomington
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2006.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 305 p. : : ill ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780253347169, 0253347165
oclc:on1166905860

Learning to learn about Russia and Communism -- The communism problem in Farmersburg -- Technological competition and the Cold War -- Student days at Moscow University -- No singing allowed at Moscow University -- Lennie in the workers' paradise -- Rural Russia and the forbidden fish -- An American sit-in and a Russian riot -- The fate of my closest Russian friend -- The vodka caper -- Research in the USSR -- The meaning of science in Russia -- The American colony in the Soviet Union -- The biggest fraud in biology -- Peter Kapitsa, a man of many parts -- I break into the ambassador's house -- The bravery of Bukharin's widow -- Filming refuseniks and dissidents in Moscow -- Intelligence, the Cold War, and security concerns -- The scholar who disappeared -- Being followed -- Spies and scholars -- From the USSR to post-communist Russia -- A man of fervor -- The Soviet Union and I collapse together -- An ambiguous funeral -- George Soros tries to save Russian science and culture -- Death of an old American communist

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Graham, Loren R. Intellectual life Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual lif… Russia (Federation) -- Social condition… Russie -- Conditions sociales -- 1991- Russie -- Vie intellectuelle -- 1991- Science -- Social aspects Science -- Social aspects -- Russia (Fe… Science -- Social aspects -- Soviet Uni… Sciences -- Aspect social -- Russie Sciences -- Aspect social -- URSS Since 1945 Social conditions Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Intellectual life Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 19… travel URSS -- Conditions sociales -- 1945-1991 URSS -- Vie intellectuelle