I guess indvidualism is the egg in this “chicken or the egg scenario”

Exactly! The case for so many of us

Thank you!! It was so interesting to learn about 🙂

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Thank you!! I was surprised to learn that it still existed in multiple different cities today.

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Thank you! They probably did, I feel like it’s an intrinsic want in younger generations to want to change the world for the better and experience new things. I don’t think fear / ignorance of the unknown comes until you are older, and perhaps a bit more jaded. Obviously, that trend is easily reversed though.

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Ah twins! I know, right? Yes, it think it was definitely political because I think he wanted to showcase a positive side of the USSR, especially during the Cold War and depictions the US/ West spread about the Soviet Union.

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Ah I love Evtushenko’s poetry. I wrote about him last semester for 20th Century Russia. His work was so fascinating because it sat right on the line of controversial and accepted. How do you think this balance was played out in public reception of his work?

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This story is so fascinating because it emphasizes the hyper-awareness and insecurity in the state and the concept of safety. Good post!

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Something really interesting to think about is also as information about Stalin’s reign came out to consider the way in which his death was viewed from a cultural perspective. It’s very expressive to see the change.

I like the perspective this brings to the people. It shows the people how life inside the Gulag was, and shows that a lot of people in there were innocent and that they were put in there because of misunderstandings like Ivan.

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