Russian Culture 1985-93

[jeff brooks]

Dear Robert et al,
I addressed some of these issues in my book Thank You, Comrade Stalin, but
for an earlier period. I wish in retrospect I had pushed myself a bit more
along these lines. Nevertheless, I did try to show the limitations of the
Soviet equivalent to a public sphere up to Stalin's death. I worked out some
of the political implications for the Cold War after he died in an essay:

 “Stalin’s Ghost: Cold War Culture and U.S.-Soviet Relations,” in *The Cold
War After **Stalin’s Death: A Missed Opportunity for Peace? * eds. Klaus
Larres and Kenneth Osgood, (Rowman and Littlefield, Harvard Cold War Series,
2006). 115-36.
Larres and Osgood should be of some help in this regard even though the
issue they address comes earlier. They are very perceptive.

Cheers,

Jeffrey Brooks
Professor of Russian History
The Johns Hopkins University

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> 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  łPolitical potential of Russian cultural sphere
> in 1985 - 1993˛. His task is to depict how deep that potential was,
> what were itąs 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 Iąll 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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