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z Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: History of a Metaphor 1 1. History and Myth of the Arbat 19 2. A Cult of Personality and a “Rhapsody in Blue” 40 3. Raining on Turandot 75 4. Remembering the Avant-garde 105 5. Preserving the Past, Empowering the Public 141 6. Dissidence and the End of the Thaw 174 Conclusion: The Arbat and the Thaw 211 Selected Bibliography 221 Index 223 vii This page intentionally left blank. ...

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