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For the back-to-school season, we recently asked a few of our scholars to share their top books on Russia. Over the next few days, we will be sharing those picks with you as part of our #kennanrecommends series: https://buff.ly/2nWeTZS pic.twitter.com/bYmIKGmT1b

"There are almost no histories of the Soviet social sciences, & in this book Smolkin provides a gripping account of the most Soviet of social sciences: scientific atheism."@GordinMichael on @SmolkinVictoria's book *A Sacred Space is Never Empty* @PrincetonUPress #kennanrecommendspic.twitter.com/vDrz6X6BwQ

"For the 1st time in English this seminal volume presents letters from Pyotr Tchaikovsky, his family, & friends that provide an intimate portrait of the most celebrated Russian composer of the modern era." - Natalie Rouland on *The Tchaikovsky Papers* @yalepress #kennanrecommendspic.twitter.com/V6u4XUungl

"Drawing on archival sources from numerous countries & in various languages, Jeremy Friedman tells the story of a parallel competition w/in the int'l socialist movement, b/w the USSR & the People’s Republic of China." @JRHunTx on #ShadowColdWar @uncpressblog #kennanrecommendspic.twitter.com/wfa7lR2urE

"@drpollyjones's book describes the process of coming to terms w/ mass repression after Stalin’s death, & is an important contribution not only to the field of Soviet history, but also to memory studies."-Tyler Kirk on #MythMemoryTrauma #kennanrecommends @yalepresspic.twitter.com/WY7oYinSE9