Literature, Science and Global Russians. Interview with Olga Breininger

... America as the one that can be found just a few miles away. There is a kind of local context-building here. Brighton Beach is like Kazakhstan in the 1990s in that it is nothing like Russia today, nor does it resemble modern America. It is a kind of amazing ... ... hobby – the cultural study of oil, the connection between oil and national identity in Russia. Thank you so much! In the “Viewpoint” section, we usually ask experts to recommend books that they have particularly enjoyed recently. What could you recommend for our readers? As part of my “oil” project,...