Description
Book SynopsisProvides a biography of Anna Pankratova, a woman from Odessa who became a leading labour historian and academic administrator in the Soviet Union, from the 1920s to her death. This work portrays her as a victim and a victimizer. It also includes excerpts from two Soviet texts. One of them is her historic speech on the menace of Stalinist legacies.
Trade Review"As a result of the various materials provided, the reader is given a much more developed picture of Zelnik as a person and of the motivations for his choice of research topics. The editor and contributors to this volume have succeeded in producing a warm, moving tribute to a deceased colleague."
* Slavic and East European Journal *
Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors
Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia: An Inaugural Volume--Glennys Young
Acknowledgments--Glennys Young
Preface--Glennys Young
Reggie's Bebels: An Introduction--Yuri Slezkine
Perils of Pankratova: Some Stories from the Annals of Soviet Historiography--Reginald E. Zelnik
Anna Pankratova's Speech at the XXth Party Congress--Excerpts translated by Yuri Slezkine
Discussions Concerning Voprosy Istorii, October 1956--Excerpts translated by Yuri Slezkine
Before Class: Reginald Zelnik as Labor Historian--Laura Engelstein
In and Out of Class: Reginald Zelnik as Teacher and Mentor--Benjamin Nathans
Professor and Politics: Reginald Zelnik as Campus Leader--David A. Hollinger
Appendixes
Reginald E. Zelnik's Ph.D. Students at the University of California, Berkeley
Reginald E. Zelnik's Curriculum Vitae
