Research in the Soviet Union under glasnost.

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    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign study; Glasnost; Communist societies; Foreign students; Black market; Communist state
    • Subject Terms:
      Soviet Union; Saint Petersburg (Russia)
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the author's year-long visit to the Soviet Union to work on a research project. His anxiety about the mandatory AIDS testing; His use of International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) grants; Description of the neighborhood and social life in Leningrad; How his roommate, Vasilii, a Soviet graduate student, monitored him; Drafting his research proposal; Lack of access to the Archive of Russian Foreign Policy on both trips; Opportunities provided by glasnost; His conclusion concerning study and life in this communist country; His experience in Odessa; Mention of the Soviet black market.