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100 1 $aBrent, Jonathan.
245 10 $aInside the Stalin archives :$bdiscovering the new Russia /$cby Jonathan Brent.
260 $aNew York :$bAtlas ;$aLondon :$bTurnaround [distributor],$c2008.
300 $a335 p., [24] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c18 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [326]-332).
505 0 $aPt. 1: Connections. Descent: January 1992 ; Mariana ; Into the archive ; Mariana, continued ; The little man ; Mariana, continued ; Day two in the archive: the only American ; Pikhoia ; Farewell -- Pt. 2: Searching. In the labyrinth ; Turmoil, misdirection, fear ; "Farewell, dead men" ; The secret death of Isaac Babel ; Raoul Wallenberg ; Erofeev's widow ; Vsyo normalno ; Vergil ; Yezhov's office ; The personal archive of Josef Stalin ; Stalin ; Stalin's hand.
520 $aTo most Americans, Russia remains as enigmatic today as it was during the Iron Curtain era. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country had an opportunity to confront its tortured past. Here, author Brent asks why this didn't happen. Why are archivists under surveillance and phones still tapped? Why does Stalin, responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people, remain popular enough to appear on boxes of chocolate? Brent draws on fifteen years of access to high-level Soviet archives to answer these questions. He shows us a Russia where, in 1992, used toothbrushes were sold on the sidewalks, while now shops are filled with luxury goods. Stalin's specter hovers throughout, and in the dictator's personal papers we find an unnerving prophecy of the world to come. Both cultural history and personal memoir, this is a deeply felt and vivid portrait of Russia in the 21st century.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aStalin, Joseph,$d1879-1953$xInfluence.
651 0 $aRussia (Federation)$xSocial conditions$y21st century.
651 0 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991-
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBrent, Jonathan.$tInside the Stalin archives.$dNew York : Atlas ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2008$w(OCoLC)609218648
988 $a20081210
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