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Russia : a long-shot romance

by Jo Durden-Smith

An account of a Westerner's unchaperoned travels through Leningrad during the 1988 glasnost period. The text details social interactions and the shifting cultural climate of the Soviet Union during a time of political transition.

Accession 21192 ISBN 0394582578 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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