The Moscow Times on this year's Pushkin House Russia book prize. ДАННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ (МАТЕРИАЛ) СОЗДАНО И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕНО ИНОСТРАННЫМ СРЕДСТВОМ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА, И (ИЛИ) РОССИЙСКИМ ЮРИДИЧЕСКИМ ЛИЦОМ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА "Ekaterina Schulmann, spokesperson for 2022 judges, said that “Mary Sarotte’s book presents an in-depth documentation and compelling narrative of East-West diplomacy and relationships. The story that she tells is at once historically significant and uncomfortably near. In 2022, it sometimes reads like one of those works that describe the events preceding World War I… The significance of Sarotte’s voice and her careful analysis gives us readers an opportunity to at least begin to understand how we got to where we find ourselves now.” Everyone connected with the Book Prize noted the special significance of the books nominated this year and the winning volume. Andrew Jack, founder of the prize, said, “Never in the history of the prize has high quality writing to understand Russia been more important - or better supplied than in this year’s offerings.” Marc Polonsky, Chair of the Board of Trustees at Pushkin House, noted the crucial importance of “a deep understanding and proper analysis of Russia in all its complexity — both its past and present.” And Douglas S. Smith, who with his wife Stephanie Ellis-Smith, helps fund the prize, said: “Mary Sarotte’s ‘Not One Inch’ is not only the book for our turbulent times, but will be long read by everyone seeking to understand the origins of the post-Cold War world. It’s irreplaceable work.” The judges also wished to recognize “In Memory of Memory” written by Maria Stepanova and translated by Sasha Dugdale, a beautifully reflection on the Soviet experience of families and the mysterious power of memory. This year the judges were Evgenia Arbugaeva, photographer; Archie Brown, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and the author of many books including "The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher and the End of the Cold War," which won the 2021 Pushkin House Book Prize; Dmitry Glukhovsky, a multilingual journalist and author; Ekaterina Schulmann, political scientist and an associate professor; Bosch Academy Richard von Weizsäcker fellow; and Baroness Deborah Bull, writer, broadcaster, cultural commentator and Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords". www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09…e-a78929