About the book: 2011 / The work of Sheila Fitzpatrick, a specialist in Soviet social, political and cultural history, is devoted to the problems of individual identity in Soviet society , the processes of its “remaking” after the revolution of 1917 and their social consequences, as well as the initial stage of a new transformation of identity after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book is intended for specialist historians and for a wide range of readers interested in Soviet and Russian history.