A Spy in the Archives
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A Spy in the Archives

A Memoir of Cold War Russia

Sheila Fitzpatrick

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A Spy in the Archives

A Memoir of Cold War Russia

Sheila Fitzpatrick

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Moscow in the 1960s was the other side of the Iron Curtain: mysterious, exotic, even dangerous. In 1966 the historian Sheila Fitzpatrick travelled to Moscow to research in the Soviet archives. This was the era of Brezhnev, of a possible 'thaw' in the Cold War, when the Soviets couldn't decide either to thaw out properly or re-freeze. Moscow, the world capital of socialism, was renowned for its drabness. The buses were overcrowded; there were endemic shortages and endless queues. This was also the age of regular spying scandals and tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions and it was no surprise that visiting students were subject to intense scrutiny by the KGB. Many of Fitzpatrick's friends were involved in espionage activities – and indeed others were accused of being spies or kept under close surveillance. In this book, Sheila Fitzpatrick provides a unique insight into everyday life in Soviet Moscow. Full of drama and colourful characters, her remarkable memoir highlights the dangers and drudgery faced by Westerners living under communism.

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Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2013
ISBN
9780857734815
Edition
1
Topic
Politique et relations internationales
Subtopic
Politique russe

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APA 6 Citation

Fitzpatrick, S. (2013). A Spy in the Archives (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/916299/a-spy-in-the-archives-a-memoir-of-cold-war-russia-pdf (Original work published 2013)

Chicago Citation

Fitzpatrick, Sheila. (2013) 2013. A Spy in the Archives. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/916299/a-spy-in-the-archives-a-memoir-of-cold-war-russia-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Fitzpatrick, S. (2013) A Spy in the Archives. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/916299/a-spy-in-the-archives-a-memoir-of-cold-war-russia-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Fitzpatrick, Sheila. A Spy in the Archives. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.