Introduction : history of a metaphor
History and myth of the Arbat
A cult of personality and a "rhapsody in blue"
Raining on Turandot
Remembering the avant-garde
Preserving the past, empowering the public
Dissidence and the end of the thaw
Conclusion : the Arbat and the thaw.
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The many lives of Khrushchev's thaw : experience and memory in Moscow's Arbat by Stephen V. Bittner. ISBN 9780801446061. Published by Cornell University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
