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Travel writings : 'The U.S.S.R. and Medical Congress'
Title
Travel writings : 'The U.S.S.R. and Medical Congress' 1935, 1965.
Publication
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2009.
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1 online resource.
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AMDigital Reference:MC 553, 13.4.
Corrected typescript.
Reproduction of: Travel writings : 'The U.S.S.R. and Medical Congress', 1935, 1965..
© The Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
English
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Summary
A gathering together, from diaries and letters, of the the experiences Cornelia and her husband had during their time in Russia when they attended the 1935 Physiological Congress meeting at Leningrad. Describes her husband Walter and his work as a professor of physiology. Cornelia writes about the various places they visited, including museums, palaces, the Park of Culture and Rest, the House of the Red Army, a collective farm, an abortorium, a district court, a marriage and divorce office, factories, and art collections. Cornelia describes how she comes to be arrested by the secret police. A lengthy account is given of Walter's Congress speech and other lectures he gives throughout Russia. They travel by car and train.
Variant and related titles
Travel writing, spectacle and world history.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2023
Series
Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History
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