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Without my husband Jim Collins, who generously supported my writing and who impelled my unexpected lifetime of journeys to and from the former Soviet Union, then Russia, I would not have had the opportunity to witness and report four decades of static and dramatic life in that compelling nation.

And because of the encouragement of several friends, including Anne Garside, Janet Rabinowitch and Regina Foster, whose professional judgments I value deeply, my diaries and letters have become the basis of this book. Other friends and colleagues know who they are, and I am deeply grateful to them for championing this endeavor.

Sensitive editing by Josephine Woll, and support from my publisher, Anna Lawton (New Academia Publishing), have helped polish the prose and realize the publication. Of course the book’s content and views are solely my own. Some names in the text have been changed to avoid intruding on the privacy of friends and colleagues.