6 Immediate Impacts and the Legacy of the Festival

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From the book Performing Peace and Friendship

From the book

Performing Peace and Friendship

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

Part I: Selling Peace and Friendship to World Youth, 1947–56

1 Stalinist Youth Festivals, 1947–51

2 De-Stalinizing the Festival

Part II: Showcasing Khrushchev’s USSR: The Moscow 1957 Festival

3 Making of the Moscow Spectacle

4 The Long-awaited Encounter with the World

5 Boundaries of the Permissible

6 Immediate Impacts and the Legacy of the Festival

Epilogue

Abbreviations

Sources and Bibliography

Index