Passports and Spies

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Sheila Fitzpatrick talks to Tom about the perils of doing archive research in the Soviet Union, how she used Moscow telephone directories to investigate Stalin’s purges, and the multiple passports and identities she’s gone through in her academic career. Find further reading in the LRB on the episode page: https://lrb.me/fitzpatrickpod Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: https://lrb.me/closereadingspod

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