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About this book
Winston Churchill defined Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma". It was still the case when Hari Kumar left southern India and went behind the Iron Curtain in the seventies to study medicine at Peoples Friendship University, Moscow, USSR. Through the eyes of a man from a very different background and culture, Hari recounts his intimate observations of the lives and habits of the Russians; their joys, troubles, ambitions and hopes. It is a true story from a fascinating period in History delightfully told with an abundance of humour. A Different Degree gives you a remarkable insight to attempt to solve the riddle, unravel the mystery and understand the enigma that was the USSR.
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Table of contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- A Short Appreciation by Joanna Lumley
- Foreword
- 1. The Telegram
- 2. Flight to Moscow
- 3. USSR Timeline
- 4. Quarantine
- 5. Preparatory Faculty
- 6. Winter Holidays
- 7. Red Square
- 8. Summer Holidays in the Sun
- 9. Childhood Memories
- 10. Boarding School
- 11. School Holidays at Home
- 12. Back to Boarding School
- 13. The Fortune Teller
- 14. First Year at Medical School
- 15. History of the USSR and Latin
- 16. Political Economics, Philosophy and Physical Education
- 17. General Medicine and Physics
- 18. Surgery on the Surgeon and Paediatrics (Study of Children’s Diseases)
- 19. ENT, Pathology, Ophthalmology
- 20. The Examination Season
- 21. Back Home on Holiday
- 22. Protest Demonstration and a Birthday Celebration
- 23. Sports and Public Holidays in the USSR
- 24. Music and Karate
- 25. Shortage of Consumer Items
- 26. A trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan
- 27. Part-time News Reader at Moscow Radio
- 28. All Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal
- 29. London and Paris
- 30. The Great Vysotsky
- 31. Driving, Psychiatry and Skin and Venereal Diseases
- 32. Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Russian Language
- 33. The Final Exams
- 34. Orthopaedic Training and Moscow Olympics
- 35. Farewell to Moscow
- 36. Return to Moscow
- 37. Back at the Alma Mater
- 38. Visiting a Moscow Apartment and Tracking Down an Old Friend
- 39. Back in Red Square, Moscow Tour and to the Sanatorium
- 40. Comparison of Life in Russia During Soviet Times and Today
- References
- About the Author