Making the Soviet Intelligentsia: Universities and Intellectual Life Under Stalin and Khrushchev

by Benjamin Tromly

Book Overview

Making the Soviet Intelligentsia explores the formation of educated elites in Russian and Ukrainian universities during the early Cold War. In the postwar period, universities emerged as training grounds for the military-industrial complex, showcases of Soviet cultural and economic accomplishments and valued tools in international cultural diplomacy. However, these f ted Soviet institutions also generated conflicts about the place of intellectuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107595347
• ISBN13: 9781107595347
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"