two early lectures by Sorokin’s wife

 

These lectures were delivered by Sorokin’s wife Helen (Baratynsky) Sorokin when Sorokin was teaching at the University of Minnesota. His wife Helen (aka Elena) was a graduate student in Botany there.

 

“Farmers Hold Russ Fate, Women Told,” The Minneapolis Journal, December 29, 1925

Helen Sorokin lecture – Minneapolis Journal 12-9-1925

 

“Exile Visons Key to Russ Salvation in Peasant Hands,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 29, 1925

Helen Sorokin lecture – Star Tribune 12-9-1925

 

— posted by Roger W. Smith

     October 2024

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