Soviet Scientists Remember - Oral Histories of the Cold War Generation

This book examines what it was like to be a Soviet citizen by examining first-person accounts of the Cold War generation of Soviet scientists-one of the most prominent and educated groups in the late Soviet Union.

List of contents

Chapter: 1 "My life, my family's life is the typical story of millions of Soviet families"
Rimma Nikolaevna Liubovskaia (née Stepanova)
Chapter: 2 "I was only ten years old when my father was arrested"
Vladimir Karlovich Enman
Chapter: 3 "After winning such a devastating war we believed that we could do anything" Georgii Borisovich Manelis
Chapter: 4 "I have always embraced collectivism and had little tolerance for individualism"
Lev Nikolaevich Vashin
Chapter: 5 "I began to critically evaluate Soviet life after I met Kronid" ¿
Rustem Bronislavovich Liubovskii
Chapter: 6 "Individuals, not the party or society, should be responsible for their own education"
Oleg Nikolaevich Efimov

About the author

Maria A. Rogacheva is professor at George Mason University.

Summary

This book examines what it was like to be a Soviet citizen by examining first-person accounts of the Cold War generation of Soviet scientists-one of the most prominent and educated groups in the late Soviet Union.

Product details

• Authors: Maria A. Rogacheva
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498574341
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7434-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Cold War, Everyday Life, Late/"Developed" Socialism, Oral History, Russian/Soviet History, Soviet Science, Thaw, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Russia / General