Through Dark Days and White Nights: Four Decades Observing a Changing Russia

This memoir of an American woman's life in Moscow traces the social and cultural evolution of Russia from the era of Krushchev to the era of Putin.

In the mid-1960s, Naomi Collins was a graduate student at Moscow State University. As the 21st century began, she was the wife of the American Ambassador to Russia. In this insightful memoir, she shares her reflections and impressions of life as an American woman living in the Russian capital over the course of four decades.

Rather than retrac...