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My Soviet Youth : a Memoir of Ukrainian Life in the Final Years of Communism.

""Putting on gas masks and learning how to shoot Kalashnikov rifles in grade school made Soviet children fear possible attack by Cold War enemies. But a more prosaic invasion of Colorado beetles in the 1980s turned out to be a far more real threat to Soviet families. Many had to master far...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rodríguez, Irina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Propaganda and Life; Teachers; Culture, Entertainment and Censorship; Parties and Holidays; More Celebrations and Home Life; Military Training and Shadows of the War; Community and Town; School Fears; Exams; Joys of Labor at the Soviet Schools; More About School; Living on Land; Extracurricular Activities; Death of a Leader; Healthcare; Bureaucracy; Turn to Democracy; The News; American Afterword; Chapter Notes; Index