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Emil Draitser

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Odessa, Ukraine

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An author and professor of Russian at Hunter College in NYC, a three-time recipient of fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, in addition to his twelve books, his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Partisan Review, and the North American Review. " ...more

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	Stalin's Romeo Spy: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of the KGB's Most Daring Operative by Emil Draitser (Goodreads Author), Gary Kern (Foreword) 3.61 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forbidden Laughter: Soviet Underground Jokes 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farewell, Mama Odessa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Penguins to the Movies: Ethnic Humor in Russia 2.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Jaws of the Crocodile: A Soviet Memoir 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Русские поэты XIX века: Антология для студентов by Emil Draitser (Goodreads Author), Эмиль Дрейцер really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making War, Not Love: Gender and Sexuality in Russian Humor 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Techniques of Satire: The Case of Saltykov-Šcedrin (Humor Research [HR], 2) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laughing All the Way to Freedom: The Americanization of a Russian Emigre it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Why the Russians Still Spying on America

Reading about the current Russian spy ring scandal, many Americans wonder why, with the Cold War almost two decades behinds us, Russia is still actively spying on their country. As Sergei Tretyakov, the Russian KGB officer who defected to the West in the year 2000, rightly noted, Russia, in fact, never stopped doing it. There are a number of reasons. Some of them have to do with the need at hand,

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