Moscow stories

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Recounts the experiences of the author during his 45 years of travelling and researching in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, from 1960 to 2005. This book also talks about the ethical questions he confronted, such as the tension between independence of thought and political loyalty.

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Full title :Moscow stories / Loren R. Graham.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
Place of Publication:Bloomington
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2006.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 305 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0253347165, 9780253347169
oclc:ocm61211369
LC Classification:Q175.52.S65
Dewey Decimal:303.48/3/0947

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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74.935 Gesellschaftsleben Graham, Loren R. Herinneringen (vorm) Intellectual life Physical Sciences & Mathematics Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual lif… Russia (Federation) -- Social condition… Russie -- Conditions sociales -- 1991- Russie -- Vie intellectuelle -- 1991- Russland Science -- Social aspects Science -- Social aspects -- Russia (Fe… Science -- Social aspects -- Soviet Uni… Sciences -- Aspect social -- Russie Sciences -- Aspect social -- URSS Sciences -- General Since 1945 Social conditions