Moscow Stories

Loren R. Graham is Professor of the History of Science at MIT and a member of the Executive Committee, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. A National Book Award finalist, he has written many books and articles on the history of science and other subjects. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• PrefacePart I. Learning to Learn about Russia and Communism1. The Communism Problem in Farmersburg2. Technological Competition and the Cold WarPart II. Student Days at Moscow University3. No Singing Allowed at Moscow University4. Lennie in the Workers' Paradise5. Rural Russia and the Forbidden Fish6. An American Sit-in and a Russian Riot7. The Fate of My Closest Russian Friend8. The Vodka CaperPart III. Research in the USSR9. The Meaning of Science in Russia10. The American Colony in the Soviet Union11. The Biggest Fraud in Biology12. Peter Kapitsa, a Man of Many Parts13. I Break into the Ambassador's House14. The Bravery of Bukharin's Widow15. Filming Refuseniks and Dissidents in MoscowPart IV. Intelligence, the Cold War, and Security Concerns16. The Scholar Who Disappeared17. Being Followed18. Spies and ScholarsPart V. From the USSR to Post-Communist Russia19. A Man of Fervor20. The Soviet Union and I Collapse Together21. An Ambiguous Funeral22. George Soros Tries to Save Russian Science and Culture23. Death of an Old American CommunistAfterthoughtsBiographical NotesAcknowledgmentsCitationsIndex

"Exciting, shocking, reflective, humane, strong-minded, compelling and touching, this book is essential reading for anyone who has been involved in the affairs of modern Russia or is thinking of taking them up."—History