Soviet Baby Boomers: An Oral History of Russia's Cold War Generation (Oxford Oral History Series) Review

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Soviet Baby Boomers: An Oral History of Russia's Cold War Generation (Oxford Oral History Series) ReviewAs one of the "Soviet baby-boomers" interviewed by the author, I'd been dying to see the book in print. The result of this fascinating project exceeded my expectations. For me, as it is, I'm sure, for my former classmates, it is a nostalgic trip down memory lane. For an outsider it will be an eye opener. I've lived and worked in the United States for over twenty years and I know from experience that the Americans' view of the Soviet Union is still, by and large, incomplete, at best, or distorted, at worst. Since the end of the Cold War, there appeared quite a few informative publications about the country: its economy, culture, politics, etc. But there was (until now!) a virtual vacuum of accurate information about its people. What makes this book unique is that, drawing from the conversations with numerous Soviet baby boomers, a generation born after a devastating war, it provides a rare insight into their lives, their values and aspirations. It might come as a huge surprise to some Western readers that those were formed not only by the values instilled in them by the country they were born and lived in but also by the Western world that seemingly they were shut off from by the Iron Curtain. Why and how they had access to that world, especially during the tumultuous 60's, why they enthusiastically and wholeheartedly supported Gorbachev's "perestroika" in the 80's is one of the most intriguing, in my view, parts of this amazing book. American baby-boomers are in for a follow-up surprise: despite the differences, they and their Soviet counterparts have a great deal in common. A realization that, I believe, is vital in the world we live in, the world of today and tomorrow.
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