Biographical Notes on the Cast of Characters

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xi
4. Part 1. At a Crossroads: 1961
5. 1. The New Ruble 1
6. 2. “If You Don’t Oversee It Yourself . . .” 7
7. 3. Kozlov “in Charge” 19
8. 4. Grisha Faibishenko and Petya Rokotov 23
9. 5. Kozlov “in Charge,” Continued 25
10. 6 Day by Day 26
11. 7. The Film Our Nikita Sergeyevich and the Personality Cult 34
12. 8. Family Matters 41
13. 9. Communism 44
14. 10. Again About Stalin 56
15. 11. Term Limits for Everyone 64
16. 12. Kozlov Makes His Move 68
17. 13. A Dangerous Partnership 71
18. 14. Disputes over Agricultural Methods 74
19. 15. A Lesson in Diplomacy 80
20. 16. A Canal from the Baltic to the Black Sea 84
21. 17. What Will Our Lives Be Like? 85
22. Part 2. Time for Change: 1962
23. 18. A Speech in Minsk 93
24. 19. How to Fill the Government Granaries? 94
25. 20. Production Administrations Replace Regional Party Committees 96
26. 21. Day by Day 98
27. 22. The Dawn of Microelectronics 104
28. 23. From a Price System Based on a Single Standard, to the Novocherkassk Tragedy 113
29. 24. Dwindling Reserves of Trust 127
30. 25. The Bill from Ashkhabad 130
31. 26. On Vacation with Zahir Shah 135
32. 27. Liberman, Khrushchev, Zasyadko 138
33. 28. Still More Power to the Regions and Reliance on Younger People 156
34. 29. Burning the Bridges 157
35. 30. The Burden of Being a Superpower 159
36. 31. A Literary “Treasure Island” 171
37. 32. The Khrushchev Constitution 172
38. 33. Day by Day 176
39. 34. The Yugoslav Model 180
40. 35. How People Were Living 183
41. 36. Problems, Problems, Problems 184
42. 37. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Yevgeny Yevtushenko, July–October 1962 191
43. 38. Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Novy Mir, and Censorship, November 1962 200
44. 39. The New Generation in Art and Politics, April–November 1962 209
45. 40. Suslov Goes on the Offensive, December 1, 1962 220
46. 41. Strike While the Iron Is Hot, December 17, 1962 249
47. 42. Suslov Advances Further, December 24 and 26, 1962 256
48. 43. The Film Outpost of Ilyich, February 1963 261
49. 44. The Decisive Battle, March 1963 269
50. 45. The Thunderstorm Fizzles Out, April 25–June 18, 1963 288
51. 46. Last Attempt at a Counterattack, July 7–21, 1963 291
52. 47. Back on Track, July–August 1963 293
53. 48. After the Storm 299
54. Part 3. Unforeseen Delay: 1963
55. 49. The Year Began As Usual 307
56. 50. Mathematics in Economics 311
57. 51. The Council on Science 316
58. 52. Fresh Vegetables for the Winter Table 327
59. 53. What We Managed to Accomplish in the Chemical Industry 330
60. 54. End of the Era of Five-Story Apartment Buildings 332
61. 55. Day by Day 344
62. 56. Horizontal vs. Vertical 349
63. 57. What If? 352
64. 58. Dust Storm 367
65. 59. From Chemistry to Agrochemistry 376
66. 60. Orville Freeman and the American Chicken 378
67. 61. “Our Farms Don’t Supply Meat and Milk to Their Own Workers” 379
68. 62. Irrigation and Rice Cultivation 382
69. 63. Tomatoes and Superphosphate Instead of Grenade Launchers and Phosgene 385
70. 64. “Times Have Changed” 388
71. 65. “The East Wind” 389
72. 66. John Kenneth Galbraith 393
73. 67. “The Same Thing, Painted a Different Color” 396
74. 68. Tourists and Unlocking the Border 399
75. 69. Send Them to Prison or Give Them an Award? 400
76. 70. Day by Day 402
77. 71. Time to Decide 406
78. Part 4. Downfall: 1964
79. 72. The Last New Year 411
80. 73. Not Yet a Conspiracy 414
81. 74. Day by Day 418
82. 75. “Specialists Build Our Rockets, but Who Grows Our Potatoes?” 420
83. 76. Day by Day 424
84. 77. Moscow Street Lights 428
85. 78. Day by Day 432
86. 79. The Scandinavian “Miracle” 439
87. 80. “We’ll Break Up the Academy of Sciences and Chase It Off to the Devil’s Grandmother,” or “Whoever Has Science Has the Future” 441
88. 81. The Eight-Year School 456
89. 82. Spelling Reform 458
90. 83. “In General Everyone Is Busy, but in Particular No One Is” 459
91. 84. Pensions, Salaries, Two Days Off 466
92. 85. Not Tightening the Screws 472
93. 86. “Why Just One Party?” 474
94. 87. Khrushchev’s Last Act of Sedition 477
95. 88. A Fateful Leadership Change 478
96. 89. Day by Day 480
97. 90. All Power to the Director! 481
98. 91. July 24, 1964: Looking to the Future 495
99. 92. The Farewell 497
100. 93. Barayev Continues to Argue Against Nalivaiko 504
101. 94. The CC Presidium Meeting of August 19, 1964 509
102. 95. Big Oil of Siberia 512
103. 96. Antonin Novotny and Alexander Dubček 514
104. 97. Richard Sorge, Vasily Porik, and Fritz Schmerkel 516
105. 98. Day by Day 519
106. 99. What Kind of Army Do We Need? 521
107. 100. Day by Day 524
108. 101. “We’ve Talked and Talked, but We Cannot Get Anything Done” 525
109. 102. Galyukov Calls Me 530
110. 103. Vacation in October 535
111. 104. What’s This All About? 540
112. 105. The Denouement 543
113. 106. After Khrushchev 560
114. Part 5. Epilogue
115. 107. Summing Up 577
116. Biographical Notes on the Cast of Characters 591
117. Endnotes 639
118. Index 661
119. About the Book 680