Human Tradition in Modern Russia

William B. Husband is professor in the Department of History at Oregon State University.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Persistence of Memory in Modern RussiaPart 2 I. Reform, Modernization, and Imperial SocietyChapter 3 Krylov vs. Krylova: 'Sexual Incapacity' and Divorce in Tsarist RussiaChapter 4 Old Believers in Imperial Russia: A Legend on the Appearance of TobaccoChapter 5 An Epidemic of Possession in a Moscow Rural Parish in 1909Part 6 II. The Communist ExperimentChapter 7 The Roots of Golden America in Early Soviet RussiaChapter 8 Moscow Chic: Silk Stockings and Soviet YouthChapter 9 Russian Orthodoxy and the Tragic Fate of Patriarch Tikhon (Bellavin)Chapter 10 'Ask the Doctor!': Peasants and Medical-Sexual Advice in Riazan Province, 1925-1928Part 11 III. The Great TurnChapter 12 Prostitutes and Proletarians: The Soviet Labor Clinic as Revolutionary LaboratoryChapter 13 Liquid Assets: Vodka and Drinking in Early Soviet FactoriesChapter 14 The Cantor and the Commissar: Religious Persecution and Revolutionary Legality during the Cultural RevolutionPart 15 IV. Stalinism and BeyondChapter 16 Mr. Ezhov Goes to Moscow: The Rise of a Stalinist Police ChiefChapter 17 'Free, and Worth Every Kopeck': Soviet Medicine and Women in Postwar RussiaChapter 18 New Lives in the New Russia: Democratic Contradictions after the Fall of the Soviet RegimeChapter 19 Index

This original and instructive volume based on the latest scholarly work is a colorful series of episodes that illuminates important themes in the social and cultural history of modern Russia.