Sputnik - digest of the Soviet press
First Published: December, 1982 (No. 12/1982)
Publisher: Novosti Press Agency
Scanned by: Liviu Iacob, 2008
Contents
FOR THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE USSR
A Union Which Bests on a Stable Foundation ...4
In the Name of Life ...10
Proud and Courageous People ...16
Society Without the Rich and Poor ...26
Striding Across Centuries ...60
History of the USSR in Pictures ...8, 14, 24, 58, 64
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
My Contacts in Florida ...19
ECONOMY & FOOD PROGRAMME
Different Views of the 'Project of the Century' ...30
Biotechnology and Food ...100
PEOPLE & EVENTS
A Soldier's Path to Immortality ...54
CULTURE & ART
Monuments in the USSR ...46
New Stars on the Variety Stage ...66
Its Fame Is as Wide as the World ...82
Dialogues with Past and Present ...104
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
The Snows of Russia ...35
Fantastic Creatures of the Lower Depths ...106
Southpaws in a 'Right-handed World' ...114
Intellect Embodied in Metal ...140
MEDICINE
The Brain Learns Its Own Secrets ...146
STORY
By the Waters Edge ...72
SPORT
Records of Tomorrow ...118
HUMOUR
A Letter to the Editor ...124
FOLK TALE
A Tablecloth, Ram and a Club ...131
FASHIONS
Disco Styles for an Occasion ...135
COOKERY
The Fairy-tale Cafes ...126
DRAMA IN REAL LIFE
In-flight Bullfight ...112
BOOK SECTION
Poems of Different Years ...151
APART FROM THAT
SPUTNIK Calendar, SPUTNIK Contest, Letters to the Editor, SPUTNIK Contents for 1982, chess, amusing information etc.