SRB interns Amelia Parlier and Felix Helbing dive into the weird world of advice columns. Two unlikely parings on the blockāKomsomol decorum and the diva of dish, Emily Post. Itās wine and cheese!
Guest: Matthias Neumann on communism, youth, and generation.
Guest:Ā Andy WillimottĀ onĀ Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1931 published Oxford University Press.
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Guest: Seth Bernstein on Raised Under Stalin: Young Communists and the Defense of Socialism.
Guest: Tim Nunan onĀ Humanitarian Invasion: Global Development in Cold War Afghanistan.
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My article, “The Shattered Self of Komsomol Civil War Memoirs,” has come out in the Fall 2012 issues of the Slavic Review. You can download
I’ve been going through Komsomolskaya pravda for 1928 collecting articles on whatever I find interesting.Ā And there’s a lot–1928 was a tumultuous year.Ā Articles about
Today, I began research on Komsomol participation in collectivization and found this little tidbit in the archive.
The Russian media is abuzz with reports on the 90th Anniversary of the Komsomol.Ā Local celebrations, museum exhibits, and conferences are planned all over the
Ninety years ago this week, 194 delegates from youth groups from all over revolutionary Russia met to consolidate themselves into an all-Russian youth organization.Ā Of
