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Oct 10, 2017 · "The Year I Was Peter the Great," covers Kalb's tour in Moscow working as a JPRS translator for the US Embassy. It is a remarkable work covering the critical year 1956, or the "Year of the Thaw," when Khrushchev denounced Stalin and set the Soviet Union on the path of reform.
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Jan 12, 2023 · Marvin Kalb, then a young diplomatic attaćhe at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, observed this tumultuous year that foretold the end of Soviet communism three decades later.
Oct 10, 2017 · A fascinating memoir of a young American exploring Soviet society just after Stalin died. Based on notes Marvin Kalb made at the time, The Year I Was Peter the Great conveys a feel...
Oct 10, 2017 · THE YEAR I WAS PETER THE GREAT. 1956--KHRUSHCHEV, STALIN’S GHOST, AND A YOUNG AMERICAN IN RUSSIA. by Marvin Kalb ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 10, 2017. An intriguing eyewitness historical account rendered in a surprisingly pedestrian manner.
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Oct 10, 2017 · Marvin Kalb's new book is about a very interesting year — 1956 — that he spent on a diplomatic mission to what was then the U.S.S.R. It's part memoir, part context for understanding the Cold War.
Jul 19, 2017 · The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956—Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia. Book. Marvin Kalb. 2017. Published by: Brookings Institution Press. View. summary. A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia—and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents.
A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia--and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents. 1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called "the year of the thaw"--a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December.
