Moses Finley: Documents from Moscow Archives. Finley’s Converstion with A. Ermolaev, the 3rd Secretary of Soviet Embassy

Karpyuk Sergey G.

The article is devoted to the work of Moses Finley in pro-Soviet American Russian Institute in New York City in 1946–1947. The author publishes transcript of conversation between Anatoly A. Ermolaev, the 3rd secretary of Soviet Embassy in the USA, and Moses Finley (February 7, 1947).

Keywords: Moses Finley, American Russian Institute, historiography of antiquity, Cold War, «Red Scare», espionage
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