CULTURAL RIVALRY BETWEEN LENINGRAD AND MOSCOW

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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COUNTRY usm REPORT
Cultural Rivalry between Leningrad
and Moscow
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
MAR 231954
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Although Moscow is the old, traditional capital of Russia, Leningrad is considered
by present-day Soviets to be the most desirable city in which to live and work.
Its citizens constantly strive for independence in cultural things as well as in
political issues. It is, or has been, a publishing center for books and magazines,
but the Jealous influence of Moscow has been felt in the replacement of key persomnel
and in actual suppression of publications.
2. Moscow is considered an overgrown village, but Leningrad is more cosmopolitan. The
people are cultured and polite in restaurants and theatres and on the street. It
is a quieter and cleaner city. Many l4isoovites regularly spend their vacations
there and more would move to Leningrad permanently if they could find suitable jobs.
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