Gulag survivors and oral history

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear colleagues,

There is an excellent Centre of Oral history called PROPPOVSKII TSENTR  
based in the department of Slavic Philology at the University of St  
Petersburg. See the website: http://www.folk.ru/
The Centre produced a CD "Russian Biographies: xxth. century". It has  
a virtual museum, too. Inna Veselova and Svetlana Adon'yeva take their  
students to the Noth parts of Russia every year since they tend to  
focus on provincies, but I saw some scripts that refer to various  
interviews taken in Moscow and St Petersburg. I've seen some work  
related to Stalin's period, too. Please note that the website still  
has a photograph of Natalia Gerasimova (Bitov's wife and an excellent  
specialist on folklore): she died last spring unexpectedly...I've come  
across some interesting interviews that they's collected: they feature  
various dreams about Stalin, refer to the cult of Pushkin, everyday  
life under Stalin, etc.
In sum, Svetlana Adon'eva and Inna Veselova should be able to help you  
with any questions and put you in touch with other specialists working  
in this area. They are both well versed in theory, too.

All best,
Alexandra




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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
School of European Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EX8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131- 650-3604
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk





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