Culture and media institutions are part of the Soviet establishment, yet also head the counter-culture which has gradually been taking shape in the Brezhnev era. Glasnost has introduced new intellectual or institutional upheavals which the contributors describe and analyze.

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Soviet television and glasnost, James Dingley; glasnost and the Soviet press, Mary Dejevsky; the cinema, Ian Christie; Soviet theatre - glasnost in action - with difficulty, Michael Glenny; Soviet music in the era of Perestroika, Christopher Rice; the literary press, Julian Graffy.