ADVENTURES OF A CAPITALIST GIRL AND A SCHOLAR IN PARANOID MOSCOW DURING THE COLD WAR
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✍️ Sheila Fitzpatrick, an Australian historian, recounts her experiences as a graduate student in Moscow during the Cold War, where she struggled to access archives and navigate the suspicion and paranoia of the KGB.
👉 Fitzpatrick was a graduate student in Moscow during the Cold War 👉 She struggled to access archives and was suspected of being a spy 👉 She had relationships with informants and colleagues, including Irina and Ígor 👉 The book is a personal and academic account of her time in Moscow 👉 It is a nuanced portrayal of life in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev era
-- #SheilaFitzpatrick #AnatoliLunacharski #MaxHayward #Irina #Ígor #Brezhnev #Moscow #Oxford #Australia #SovietUnion #history
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