
	History magazine - researches Reference: O. S. Nagornaya East German Students in the USSR in the 1950s–1960s: Transnational Space and the Socialist “Network” // History magazine - researches. 2013. № 5. P. 531-540. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63456 O. S. Nagornaya East German Students in the USSR in the 1950s–1960s: Transnational Space and the Socialist “Network” Abstract: Based on the materials in Russian and German archives, memoirs, and biographic interviews, this article examines the transnational space of Soviet universities and career paths of graduates from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as one aspect of socialist integration during the Cold War. The author analyzes the community of graduates as a social network. It examines official and unofficial mechanisms of support, public space of representation, and use of network resources as social capital, as well as the principles of operation and communication of scientific and professional communities in the USSR and GDR. Analysis is preceded by a critical review of the modern state of methodological concepts of “transnational history” and “social networks,” and their prospects for use in the study of interactions of ordinary actors within the framework of the socialist camp. The author concludes that, in spite of an ambivalent experience in teaching and conflict situations, communication of the scientific and expert community within the so-called Eastern Block bore a lively and productive character. At the conclusion of the article, the transformation of a career network into a social one and the fate of scientific and personal contacts after the collapse of the socialist camp and unification of Germany are traced. Keywords: transnational history, cultural history, history of the USSR, history of the GDR, socialist integration, academic mobility, social network, expert community, scientific communication, transnational space. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Behrends J. C. Die erfundene Freundschaft. Propaganda für die Sowjetunion in Polen und in der DDR. Köln/Weimar/Wien, 2006 2. Boehme H. Einfuehrung // Netzwerke. Eine Kulturtechnik der Moderne / J. Barkoff u.a. (Hg.). Koeln, 2004. S. 17–37. 3. Boyer Chr. Ausblick // Vernetzte Improvisationen: Gesellschaftliche Subsysteme in Ostmitteleuropa und in der DDR / A. Schuhmann (Hg.). Köln [u.a.], 2008. S. 217–227. 4. Burke P. Kultureller Austausch, in: ders. Kultureller Austausch. Frankfurt am Main, 2000. S. 9–40. 5. Gestwa K., Rohdewald S., Verflechtungsstudien. Naturwissenschaft und Technik im Kalten Krieg // Osteuropa. 59 (2009). Nr. 10. S. 5–15. 6. Huebner P. Personale Netzwerke im lokalhistorischen Kontext. Ueberlegungen zur Sozialgeschichte der DDR // Vernetzte Improvisationen: Gesellschaftliche Subsysteme in Ostmitteleuropa und in der DDR / A. Schuhmann (Hg.). Köln [u.a.], 2008. S. 193–217. 7. Osterhammel J. Imperien // Budde G. (Hg.) Transnationale Geschichte: Themen, Tendenzen und Theorien. Goettingen, 2006. S. 60. 8. Osterhammel J. Transnationale Gesellschaftsgeschichte: Erweiterung oder Alternative // Geschichte und Gesellschaft. 2001. S. 464–479. 9. Werner M., Zimmermann B. Vergleich, Transfer, Verflechtung. Der Ansatz der Histoire croisee und die Herausforderung des Transnationalen // Geschichte und Gesellschaft. 2002. S.607–636. 10. Belov V.A. Podgotovka kadrov dlya zarubezhnykh stran v sovetskikh vuzakh. M., 2000.

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