Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Dedication and Acknowledgments vii
4. Nate on Transliteration, Translation, and Names ix
5. Glossary xi
6. PART I. SITUATING SOUL
7. Introduction: Is soul a thing? 3
8. 1. O.M.S.K. 20
9. PART II .AGAINST AND FOR DUSHA
10. 2. In Public Transportation and in the Soul: You call this life? 37
11. 3. A Channel between Worlds 60
12. 4. The Language of Music and the Russian Language 80
13. 5. The Baths: A Celebration for Soul and Body 95
14. Story: For Anna Viktorovna 113
15. PART III. EVERYONE WANTS SOMETHING, BUT ONLY THROUGH SOMEONE
16. Two Stories: Decency (Oleg), Generosity (Grisha) 117
17. 6. Do Not Have a Hundred Rubles, Have Instead a Hundred Friends 126
18. Story: Pulling Something Out of a Hat 146
19. 7. Like the Trojan Horse's Gut: Hospitality and Nationalism 150
20. 8. Standing Bottles, Washing Deals, and Drinking for the Soul 170
21. 9. If You Want to Live, You've Got to Krutit'sia: Crooked and Straight 189
22. PART IV. AUTHORITY
23. 10. Depth, Openings, and Closings 211
24. Story A Second Soul 230
25. 11. If You Want to Know a Man, Give Him Power 232
26. PART V. TOGETHERNESS
27. 12. Those who Poke into My Soul: Dostoevsky, Bakhtin, Love 265
28. 13. We Lost Some Neatness 280
29. PART VI. CONCLUSIONS
30. Two Discussions: Semantics and National Character I Homo Sovieticus 299
31. Conclusions 307
32. Epilogue: Non-Russian Souls 324
33. Bibliography 339
34. Index 349