Soviethood
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Soviethood
by Anna Krushelnitskaya

This collection of personal essays by a bi-national Russian/U.S. author offers glimpses into many things Soviet and post-Soviet: the sacred, the profane, the mundane, the little-discussed, and the often-overlooked. What was a Soviet school dance like? Did communists go to church? Did communists listen to Donna Summer? And how in the world does one curl hair with a hot fork? If you want to find out, read on!

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