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   XPost: soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.czecho-slovak, soc.culture.russian   
   XPost: soc.culture.nordic, soc.culture.baltics   
   From: holman@mappi.helsinki.fi   
      
   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.   
      
   Regards,   
   Eugene Holman   
      
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