Download or read book Public and Private Life of the Soviet People written by Vladimir Shlapentokh and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores how in recent years the Russian people have withdrawn their time and energy from public activities controlled by the state, and turned more to private life. Gorbachev's reforms, it is argued, are in part an official reaction to this trend.