Historyk czy szpieg? – Zachodni historycy w sowieckich archiwach

• Authors: Szumski Jan

Title variants

EN

A historian or a spy? – Western historians in the Soviet Archives

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on Sheila Fitzpatrick’s experience of the late 1960s in the Soviet Union. It was a time when the “scientific exchanges” between the USSR and western powers began as a part of cultural diplomacy. As a historian from capitalistic country, Fitzpatrick had the unique experience of working on the Soviet period in the Soviet archives. Western scholars were subject to the control of the Soviet authorities, which often accused westerns in ideological diversion and spying. The portrayal of Soviet journal “Novy Mir” depicted the intellectual trends and literary milieu in the USSR. Thus, A Spy in the Archives, is not only record of Fitzpatrick’s personal history, but of Soviet intellectual history as well.

Keywords

PL

sowietologia; archiwa w ZSRR; Sheila Fitzpatrick

EN

Sovietology; Soviet archives; Sheila Fitzpatrick

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 141–152

Contributors

author

Szumski Jan

• Instytut Historii Nauki PAN