The everyday life of the era of space and corn. The destruction of the great style. Leningrad, 1950-1960s

The book of N. B. Lebina, a famous specialist in the field of social history, is devoted to the poorly studied aspects of the Khrushchev reforms. In an exciting form that combines the elements of scientific research and memoir sketches, the author based on the materials of Leningrad tells about changes in Soviet everyday life, which became possible thanks to the process of destruction of a large style-a cultural component of the Stalinism system. Written on the basis of numerous archival documents, publications of periodical, memoirs illustrated by photographs, including from private archives, the book is intended not only for professional historians, but also for a wide range of readers interested in the Soviet past in Russia and St. Petersburg.
2nd edition, corrected and supplemented