At the beginning of the world, there was the Dao. Unveiling the 50-year-old buried secrets of the former Soviet Union.

Author: (Russian) M.B. Golubnevsky
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The author of this book, while exploring the historical background, true reasons, role, impact, and consequences of Stalin's Linguistic Controversy, has consulted a vast amount of literature and even accessed some archives from the KGB that have not yet been fully declassified. It narrates little-known historical events and thought-provoking stories about the fates of remarkable individuals: the origins and development of the "manifesto" of the Linguistic Controversy; Stalin's urgent summons to Tchikobava; Mao Zedong's late-night conversation with Stalin about linguistics; Mal's "primary stage theory of Chinese" infuriating Chinese students; the tragic fate of the legendary Polivanov; Fein's "scientific path" as a "rolling suitcase" scholar; and Vinogradov's refusal to be a "satchel" scholar.