LEADER 03129nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910966674903321 005 20251116180936.0 010 $a9780984583263 010 $a0984583262 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038906 035 $a(EBL)3382451 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000836244 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12367493 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836244 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11007397 035 $a(PQKB)10817367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3382451 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3382451 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10661472 035 $a(OCoLC)923311588 035 $a(Perlego)2824646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32008631 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32008631 035 $a(OCoLC)1515459900 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038906 100 $a20071105d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThrough dark days and white nights $efour decades observing a changing Russia : impressions and reflections /$fNaomi F. Collins 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cScarith$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (303 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780980081404 311 08$a0980081408 327 $aContents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1 Encounters with a Closed Society -- 2 Returning to a Stagnant, Gray Land -- 3 Caught in the Coup -- 4 Witnessing the Century's Close -- Epilogue: Cycles, Generations, and Journeys -- Postscript. 330 8 $aThis memoir of an American woman's life in Moscow traces the social and cultural evolution of Russia from the era of Krushchev to the era of Putin. In the mid-1960s, Naomi Collins was a graduate student at Moscow State University. As the 21st century began, she was the wife of the American Ambassador to Russia. In this insightful memoir, she shares her reflections and impressions of life as an American woman living in the Russian capital over the course of four decades. Rather than retracing the economic and political events of the period, Collins focuses her narrative on daily as it changed over the years. She offers fascinating anecdotal snapshots that reveal rare insight into the evolving state of the nation. "This book is like a script for a documentary spanning four decades when an especially astute and literate observer watched Russia emerge from stagnation and enter a period of dramatic economic, social, and political change and, on many fronts, upheaval." -Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution 607 $aSoviet Union$xDescription and travel 607 $aSoviet Union$xSocial conditions$y1970-1991 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xDescription and travel 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xSocial conditions$y1991- 676 $a914 700 $aCollins$b Naomi F$01808778 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966674903321 996 $aThrough dark days and white nights$94359230 997 $aUNINA