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   XPost: soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.czecho-slovak, soc.culture.russian   
   XPost: soc.culture.nordic, soc.culture.baltics   
   From: ddfr@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com   
      
   In article   
   ,   
    holman@mappi.helsinki.fi (Eugene Holman) wrote:   
      
   > In article , David Friedman   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article   
   > > ,   
   > >  holman@mappi.helsinki.fi (Eugene Holman) wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Nevertheless, there was always plenty to buy in the USSR, particularly if   
   > > > you liked the novels of Jack London, baggy men's suits, industrial size   
   > > > jars of pickles, pickled peppers, and tomato juice, rye bread, eggs,   
   burnt   
   > > > out light bulbs, vodka, potatoes, and fresh or smoked fish.   
   > >   
   > > Have you considered writing a book on your experiences living in Russia?   
   > > It sounds as though it might be interesting.   
   > >   
   > > Or at least a magazine article. Failing that, a webbed article.   
   >   
   > I've written about it here over the years. I don't think that my   
   > experiences were all that extraordinary. Even during the Cold War there   
   > were all kinds of exchanges between the USSR and the West, including the   
   > US. My research grant, part of an academic exchange program between Moscow   
   > State University and the University of Helsinki, had me spending most of   
   > my time at the Lenin Library, one of the world's great libraries, where I   
   > had an academician's reading privileges. That meant that any book or   
   > document that I ordered was brought to me within an hour, while others had   
   > to wait days. I was not the only American doing research there at the   
   > time.   
      
   I read the book _The Russians_, written, if I remember correctly, by a   
   U.S. reporter (or two reporters?) who had been Moscow correspondent for   
   the New York Times. It was a very interesting description of a society   
   different in a variety of ways from its image in the U.S. at the time.   
      
   I suspect yours would be too.   
      
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