The Soviet Mind: Russian Culture Under Communism

by Isaiah Berlin

Book Overview

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Isaiah Berlin's response to the Soviet Union was central to his identity, both personally and intellectually. Born a Russian subject in Riga in 1909, he spoke Russian as a child and witnessed both revolutions in St. Petersburg in 1917, emigrating to the West in 1921. He first returned to Russia in 1945, when he met the writers Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak. These formative encounters helped shape his later work, especially his defense of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815709048
• ISBN13: 9780815709046
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"