A spy in the archives : a memoir of Cold War Russia
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A spy in the archives : a memoir of Cold War Russia
I.B. Tauris, 2014
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"First published in 2013 in Australia and New Zealand by Melbourne University Press"--T.p. verso
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Description
Moscow in the 1960s was the other side of the Iron Curtain: mysterious, exotic, even dangerous. In 1966 the historian Sheila Fitzpatrick travelled to Moscow to research in the Soviet archives. This was the era of Brezhnev, of a possible 'thaw' in the Cold War, when the Soviets couldn't decide either to thaw out properly or re-freeze. Moscow, the world capital of socialism, was renowned for its drabness. The buses were overcrowded; there were endemic shortages and endless queues. This was also the age of regular spying scandals and tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions and it was no surprise that visiting students were subject to intense scrutiny by the KGB. Many of Fitzpatrick's friends were involved in espionage activities - and indeed others were accused of being spies or kept under close surveillance. In this book, Sheila Fitzpatrick provides a unique insight into everyday life in Soviet Moscow.
Table of Contents
1: At the 'Spy College' 2: Moscow in 1966 3: Foreign Student 4: Irina and Igor 5: In the Archives 6: Novy mir 7. Between Two Worlds 8. Last Call for Moscow Postscript Acknowledgements
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