A Spy in the Archives: A Memoir of Cold War Russia

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

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