Student Exchanges with the Soviet Union, A Participant’s Account. Rostov-on-Don 1970-71, Moscow 1973-74by John Dunn, Bologna, 2019

Scope and Content

Unpublished manuscript, John Dunn’s personal account and reflections on conditions in the Soviet Union of the early 1970s while studying in Rostov-on-Don and Moscow. Table of contents:

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The student exchange scheme
  • 3. Financial arrangements
  • 4. Selection and placement
  • 5. Departure
  • 6. Rostov State University
  • 7. Academic matters
  • 8. The hostel
  • 9. The other inmates
  • 10. Those who watched over us
  • 11. Eating and drinking
  • 12. Travel
  • 13. Rules and regulations
  • 14. Communications
  • 15. Culture and entertainment
  • 'Rostov English' and other linguistic matters
  • 17. The British Embassy
  • 18. Money
  • 19. Leninolatry
  • 20. Cholera
  • 21. A note about MGU
  • 22. A postscript
  • 23. Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Captions to illustrations (see ACCN 4328/1/2)
  • Index

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