Word: kiev
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party Secretary since 1943, when Stalin revived the church to win popular support during the worst days of World War II. In another act of conciliation, the regime this month returned to the church a section of its holiest shrine: the 11th century Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, which had been seized in 1961. Now monks will again live there, and the church will control the ancient caves where monks were buried. The first | Eucharistic service is to be held on the grounds this week...
...foreigners we stayed in special hotels, ate otherwise unavailable food and were able to shop in restricted foreign currency stores. Our guides led us to the front of hour-long lines at the Hermitage in Leningrad and at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev...
...students we met in Kiev confirmed these notions, telling us in official discussions that perestroika was working; in informal environments, though, they were far more critical. Finally, one-on-one encounters with Soviet citizens who had not been chosen to to participate in the exchange revealed much more pessimistic outlooks...
...official "exchange" segment of the trip took place in Kiev at Kiev State University. The program there consisted of discussions, formal events and touring. The format of the official roundtable dialogues was somewhat imposing. We convened around a large table, and each student was given a microphone. Topics of discussion ranged from conceptions of "The American Dream" to the issue of privileged universities and from nationalty problems to family life and personal habits. At first we were distrustful, and the Soviets undoubtedly were as well. We did not know whether these students had been been chosen because of their uncritical...
...Soviet students desired change but wondered how to achieve it. We, too, wondered how and if the Soviet Union will change. Our reflections as we left Kiev were slanted because they were based on encounters with a specific type of Soviet citizen. Despite the students' candor, they were chosen to meet with us, and, as students, they represented an elite segment of Soviet society...