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100 1 _aPolonsky, Rachel
245 1 0 _aMolotov's magic lantern
_b: travels in Russian history
_c/ Rachel Polonsky
250 _a1st American ed.
260 _aNew York
_b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
_c, 2011.
300 _a390p.
_b: maps
_c; 25 cm.
500 _a"Originally published in 2010 by Faber and Faber Ltd., Great Britain as Molotov's magic lantern : a journey in Russian history"--T.p. verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- Romanov -- Apartment 61 -- The banya -- Lutsino -- Mozzhinka -- Novgorod -- Staraya Russa -- Rostov-on-Don -- Taganrog -- Vologda -- Archangel -- Murmansk and Barentsburg -- Arshan and Irkutsk -- Ulan Ude and Kyakhta -- Epilogue.
520 _aAfter moving to Moscow, British journalist Polonsky discovers the apartment of Stalin's henchman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and uncovers an extensive library and an old lantern--two things that lead her on a journey throughout Russia, which ultimately renews her vision of the country and its people.
600 1 0 _aMolotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich
_d, 1890-1986
650 4 _aAuthors, Russian
_y-20th century
650 4 _aCommunism
_z-Soviet Union
651 4 _aRussia (Federation)
_x-Description and travel
651 0 _aMoscow (Russia)
_x--History
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