Yevgenia Solomonovna Yezhova and her salon
Melissa Smith
mtsmith02 at YSU.EDU
Wed Jun 17 15:40:39 UTC 2009
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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Youngstown State University
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