Russian Culture 1985-93

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

I have received this message from a young postgraduate I know in Moscow.  I
can't think how to respond.  Does anyone have any thoughts?  If so, please
address them to me, on- or off-line, and I will forward them.

Best Wishes,

Robert


' My friend is working on a rather
complicated subject  ³Political potential of Russian cultural sphere
in 1985 - 1993². His task is to depict how deep that potential was,
what were it¹s components and how it was being realized.  The problem
is that he cannot compose a broad enough bibliography. Though the
question about the place of culture and its links with politics was
being raised rather often in post-Soviet Russia it has never got more
or less efficient solution or even description in different
researches. But we guess that the problem could have been highlighted
abroad, because interest of foreign scholars towards political and
cultural changes in the late USSR was considerable. The difficulty ­
is how to obtain any information about that body of literature. A trip
abroad would be too expensive for him.  Could you please tell me how
such problems can be solved in general? And may be you know someone
who for payment could look for some books and articles (generally
speaking for the material) in British libraries. If there is someone
ready to assist I¹ll give his contacts to my friend (he speaks English
fluently)and they could agree on all details. If the help of someone
else is not needed in this case, and there is another way, I would be
very obliged to you for some advise. If you need some additional
information (may be a precise specification of the subject of
researches my friend wants to obtain) please tell me.'

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