Yevgenia Solomonovna Yezhova and her salon

[Melissa Smith]

Bob:

I forwarded your inquiry to a friend of mine who is a relative of 
Grossman's and lives now in San Francisco. Another thought that crossed 
my mind in connection with Utesov was Fred Starr (Red and Hot).  As for 
Mikhoels, I might come across something in my mistories of Soviet 
Theater.  If so, I'll let you know.

Melissa Smith 

Robert Chandler wrote:


>Dear all,
>
>In the mid-1930s Yevgenia Solomonovna Yezhova presided over a very 
glamorous
>salon. Among the members of the Soviet elite who visited were Solomon
>Mikhoels; the jazz-band leader Leonid Utyosov;  Sergey Eisenstein; the
>journalist Mikhail Koltsov; Samuel Marshak; the Arctic explorer Otto 
Shmidt;
>Isaak Babel and Mikhail Sholokhov.
>
> Sheila Fitzpatrick says a little about this salon in Everyday 
Stalinism.
>Rayfield and Sebag Montefiore mention it in their books about Stalin¹s
>entourage.  So do the authors of 2 recent biographies of Yezhov.  But 
these
>are all quite brief mentions.   Does anyone know of any recent, or more
>substantial, publications with regard to this salon?  I would 
particularly
>like to know if anyone has come across definite evidence of Vasily 
Grossman
>having visited it.
>
>I ask because I am translating Grossman¹s story ŒMama¹, about life of 
the
>Yezhovs¹ adopted daughter.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Robert
>
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Department of Foreign Languages and 
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Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
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