Thaw

Denis Kozlov is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Department of Russian Studies at Dalhousie University. Eleonory Gilburd is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Chicago.

‘Kozlov and Gilburd have edited a fine new collection of essays on the Thaw era in Soviet history… All of these essays provide readers with a sophisticated understanding of the culture during this era.’- W.B. Whisenhunt (Choice Magazine, vol 51:06:2014) ‘The book makes a crucial contribution to scholarly understanding of the Soviet Union after 1953… Kozlov and Gilburd’s introduction alone makes the book a must read…the volume will surely become a standard reference for scholars and students alike.’ - S.J. Huxtable (Slavonic & East European Review vol 92:04:2014) ‘The University of Toronto Press has done a very efficient job of producing a book that is a pleasure to handle…. It must be recommended to undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in Soviet history courses.’- Mark B. Smith (Slavic Review vol 73:04:2014) ‘The book sets new standards for understanding the multiple developments during ‘The Thaw’, opens new manifold discussions, and gives the interested readers ideas for further research areas.’- Carmen Scheide (The Russian Review vol 74:01:2015) ‘Kozlov and Gilburd are to be applauded for bringing together these articles; they will enrich historians’ understanding and inspire new work on this period.’- David L. Hoffmann ‘This collection ought to become a go-to source for anyone researching and teaching this dynamic period… It is not only enlightening but also a pleasure to read.’- Marko Dumancic (Cahiers du Monde Russe, vol 55:3-4:2014) ‘The Thaw is an important contribution to our knowledge about the Soviet 1950s and 1960s, and as such it will be of interest to a broad audience of scholars of Soviet history.’- Alexey Golubev (Left History vol 20:02:2017)

• Figures and TablesArchival AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Denis Kozlov (Dalhousie University) and Eleonory Gilburd (New York University)The Thaw as an Event in Russian HistoryPART I LOOKING BACK2 Katerina Clark (Yale University)'Wait for Me and I Shall Return': The Early Thaw as a Reprise of Late Thirties Culture?3 Marc Elie (CNRS-EHESS)Khrushchev's Gulag: The Soviet Penitentiary System after Stalin's Death, 1953-19644 Alan Barenberg (Texas Tech University)From Prisoners to Citizens? Ex-Prisoners in Vorkuta during the Thaw5 Denis KozlovRemembering and Explaining the Terror during the Thaw: Soviet Readers of Ehrenburg and Solzhenitsyn in the 1960s6 Polly Jones (University of Oxford)The Personal and the Political: Opposition to the "Thaw" and the Politics of Literary Identity in the 1950s and 1960sPART II LOOKING FORWARD7 Michaela Pohl (Vassar College)From White Grave to Tselinograd to Astana: The Virgin Lands Opening, Khrushchev's Forgotten First Reform8 Amir Weiner (Stanford University)The Empires Pay a Visit: Gulag Returnees, East European Rebellions, and Soviet Frontier Politics9 Eleonory Gilburd (New York University)The Revival of Soviet Internationalism in the Mid- to Late 1950s10 Larissa Zakharova (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)Soviet Fashion in the 1950s–1960s: Regimentation, Western Influences, and Consumption Strategies11 Oksana Bulgakowa (Johannes Gutenberg University)Cine-Weathers: Soviet Thaw Cinema in the International Context12 Sheila Fitzpatrick (University of Chicago)The Thaw in Retrospect