Texts/films about nostalgia for Soviet Union?

[John Dunn]

Are these available with sub-titles?  In any case I would have thought that they were too 'knowing' for use with freshpersons, though Namedni might be good fun to use with an advanced class.  In a slightly different vein, in that it reflects the particular mood that prevailed between 1991 and 1993, is the version of Gimn Sovetskogo Sojuza made by Igor Ugol'nikov & Co in the autumn of 1991.  It can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4oz4dfi9gg
and, no doubt, at dozens of other locations.  I imagine that there are quite a number of people who are desperate not to be reminded of their participation in that particular episode.

John Dunn.

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I think two excellent sources can be:

"Старые песни о главном" : see Wikipedia for details  (http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BE_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC )

Leonid Parfenof's documentary series (which is almost like fiction") "Намедни 1961-2003: наша эра" (see http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8_1961%E2%80%942003:_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0_%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0 )

e.g.

2012/4/28 Sarah Bishop <sbishop at willamette.edu<mailto:sbishop at willamette.edu>>
Dear colleagues,
Next fall I'll be teaching a freshman seminar on post-Soviet Russian culture and identity.  I am looking for suggestions on recent literary texts or films (available in English translation/with English subtitles) that deal with nostalgia for the Soviet Union--wittingly or not.  Essay suggestions are also welcome.
Thank you in advance for your thoughts,
Sarah

Sbishop at willamette.edu<mailto:Sbishop at willamette.edu>



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Sarah Clovis Bishop
Assistant Professor of Russian
Willamette University

sbishop at willamette.edu<mailto:sbishop at willamette.edu>
503 370 6889<tel:503%20370%206889>

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