Soviet Baby Boomers-Generation as an Analytical Category
I wish to thank the participants in this discussion for taking time in their busy schedules, not only to read my book, but also to share their impressions of it and to raise questions. I’m honored that...
View ArticleSoviet Baby Boomers – Previous American Portrayals
Another interesting source for our understanding of the Soviet Baby Boomers Generation is a written correspondence by the western journalists who lived in Moscow during late socialism. Western...
View ArticleSoviet Baby Boomers – Other Sources
As far as I know, Donald Raleigh’s book is the first known Soviet oral history study by a western scholar that is based exclusively on personal oral interviews as only primary sources and uses only the...
View ArticleSoviet Baby Boomers – Media and the Cultural Politics of Détente
Another important issue in Raleigh’s book is a role of media in cultural consumption of the Soviet baby boomers especially during the 1970s (pp. 221-223, 275, 299). I will add, which was missing in...
View ArticleSoviet Baby Boomers – Soviet Patriotism and Anti-Americanism
One important topic of Raleigh’s book is Soviet patriotism and anti-Americanism of the Soviet baby boomers. This topic with an emphasis on Soviet patriotism and rejection of negative aspects of...
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Soviet Baby Boomers-Some Reflections on Catriona Kelly’s Remarks
Catriona raised some interesting points that I’d like to address. As she suggests, the uniqueness of oral testimonies lies in the fact that the investigator, in collaboration with his/her subjects,...
View ArticleSoviet Baby Boomers – Closed Cities, CHMO and Soviet Regionalism
The very important issue addressed in Don Raleigh’s book is the relations between Moscow and provincial cities, especially between Moscow and such “closed” cities as Saratov, during late socialism....
View ArticleSoviet Baby Boomers – locality, gender, and class
I teach an MA class which explores Soviet identity from Stalin to Gorbachev in a whistle-stop tour over five weeks. Not all students have studied Russian history before which can sometimes make it...
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Soviet Baby Boomers-Clarifying My Views about Class
I thank Miriam for returning to the issue of class and to my terse remark about it in my posting in response to Catriona’s comments. I apologize for not being clear: I did not intend to suggest that...
View ArticleSoviet baby Boomers – Some thoughts on oral history and memory
Don Raleigh’s study of two graduating classes of the late 1960s, one in Moscow, the other in the ‘closed city’ of Saratov, offers uniquely rich insight into life in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union. I...
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