The Satinsky Archive
The Satinsky Archive is made up of first-person interviews with former government officials, businesspeople, citizen diplomats and consultants that capture the essence of the American and foreign participation in the late Soviet Gorbachev-era reforms and the turbulent Yeltsin-era reform period through the eyes of those who experienced it. The purpose of the Archive is to preserve the history of this period as a contribution to understanding contemporary Russia. The majority of the interviews were conducted prior to the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and were used as source material for Creating the Post-Soviet Russian Market Economy: Through American Eyes (2024).
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‘When we talk about history, the behind the scenes setting of the stage is rarely understood or recorded. So, that’s very important, because this is an important period in the history of the world and for us to learn well from it, we really need to understand the biggest possible picture of perceptions that we can.”
James Hickman
Director, Esalen Institute Soviet American Exchange Program
INTERVIEWS BY TOPIC
INTERVIEWS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Adam Blanco
Peace Corps
Alexis Rodzianko
American Chamber of Commerce
Anya Kucharev
Esalen
Bernard Sucher
Practica Publishers, Moscow Beach Club
Bernard Sucher
Starlight Diner, Uncle Guilly’s Steak House
Bernard Sucher
Troika Dialog
Bill Lane
Noble Gibbons
Blair Ruble
Kennan Institute
Bob von Rekowsky
Fidelity Investments
Charlie Hosford
Project Harmony
David Edick
San Diego-Vladivostok Sister City Society
David Hoffman
Internews
Denis Boyle
Peace Corps
Derk Sauer
The Moscow Times, Russian edition of Cosmopolitan
Evelyn Messinger
Spacebridges, Internews
Fred Berliner
Russian Trading System (RTS), Troika Dialog
Henrik Winther
Rosinter, Tigrus Restaurant Holding, Rostic’s, Patio Pizza, Planet Sushi, American Bar & Grill
Jeffrey Zeiger
TrenMos
Jim Balaschak
Deloitte, Teledyne, American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow (AmCham)
Jim Hickman
Esalen
Joel Schatz
SovAm Teleport, Sovintel, Baltic Communications
John Huhs
LeBoeuf Lamb
John Rose
Rose Creative Strategies
Kim Balaschak
Management Consulting
Kim Spencer
Spacebridges, Internews
Lizbeth Hasse
Communications Law Project, Track Two, Heart to Heart
Manana Aslamazyan
Internews
Patricia Dowden
Alfa Bank
Patricia M. Cloherty
Chair and CEODelta Private Equity Partners
Paul B. Heth
Kodak Kino Mir, Kinostar De Lux
Paul Greenberg
Internews
Paul Ostling
Ernst & Young
Peter Derby
Dialog JV, Dialog Bank, and Troika Dialog
Peter Gerwe
Radio Maximum, CTC TV, StoryFirst Communication
Randi Levinas
U.S.–Russia Business Council (USRBC)
Richard Conn
Latham & Watkins, American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow (AmCham),U.S.–Russia Business Council (USRBC)
Robert Courtney
American Medical Centers Division of Hospital Corporation International; US Dental Care Moscow
Stan Cramton
US West
Stan Rosenberg
Former Massachusetts State Senator, Friends of Pskov
Steve Mackey
Business for Russia, Community Connections
Steven Fisher
Western Impact on the Transition to the Russian Market Economy
Trevor Gunn
Business Information Services for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS)
