U of A history professor shortlisted for Pushkin Prize

By Daniel Caruth

Published May 16, 2023 at 1:15 PM CDT

Starks scoured through posters from Soviet-era tobacco cessation campaigns in the Russian State Library, which features in her latest book.

Tricia Starks' latest book,"Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR," is one of six nominees for the 2023 Pushkin House Book Prize. The award recognizes outstanding English-language scholarship and writing on Russian culture and history.

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