The Satinsky Archive
The Satinsky Archive is made up of first-person interviews with former government officials, businesspeople, citizen diplomats and consultants that capture the essence of the American and foreign participation in the late Soviet Gorbachev-era reforms and the turbulent Yeltsin-era reform period through the eyes of those who experienced it. The purpose of the Archive is to preserve the history of this period as a contribution to understanding contemporary Russia. The majority of the interviews were conducted prior to the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and were used as source material for Creating the Post-Soviet Russian Market Economy: Through American Eyes (2024).
Learn more about the archive, Daniel Satinsky, the supporters of the project and browse selected resources
‘When we talk about history, the behind the scenes setting of the stage is rarely understood or recorded. So, that’s very important, because this is an important period in the history of the world and for us to learn well from it, we really need to understand the biggest possible picture of perceptions that we can.”
James Hickman
Director, Esalen Institute Soviet American Exchange Program
INTERVIEWS BY TOPIC
INTERVIEWS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Tony Allison
Marine Resources Company (MRC)
Manana Aslamazyan
Internews
Jim Balaschak
Deloitte, Teledyne, American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow (AmCham)
Kim Balaschak
Management Consulting
Fred Berliner
Russian Trading System (RTS), Troika Dialog
Adam Blanco
Peace Corps
Denis Boyle
Peace Corps
Patricia M. Cloherty
Chair and CEODelta Private Equity Partners
Richard Conn
Latham & Watkins, American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow (AmCham),U.S.–Russia Business Council (USRBC)
Robert Courtney
American Medical Centers Division of Hospital Corporation International; US Dental Care Moscow
Stan Cramton
US West
Peter Derby
Dialog JV, Dialog Bank, and Troika Dialog
Patricia Dowden
Alfa Bank
Mark Dudley
Marine Resource Company, Inc., Alaska Airlines, Sunmar Shipping
David Edick
San Diego-Vladivostok Sister City Society
Steven Fisher
Citibank
Peter Gerwe
Radio Maximum, CTC TV, StoryFirst Communication
Paul Greenberg
Internews
Trevor Gunn
Business Information Services for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS)
Lizbeth Hasse
Communications Law Project, Track Two, Heart to Heart
Paul B. Heth
Kodak Kino Mir, Kinostar De Lux
Jim Hickman
Esalen Institute Soviet American Exchange Program
David Hoffman
Internews
Charlie Hosford
Project Harmony
John Huhs
LeBoeuf Lamb
Anya Kucharev
Esalen Institute Soviet American Exchange Program
Bill Lane
Noble Gibbons
Randi Levinas
U.S.–Russia Business Council (USRBC)
Steve Mackey
Business for Russia, Community Connections
Evelyn Messinger
Spacebridges, Internews
Paul Ostling
Ernst & Young
Bob von Rekowsky
Fidelity Investments
Alexis Rodzianko
American Chamber of Commerce
John Rose
Rose Creative Strategies
Stan Rosenberg
Former Massachusetts State Senator, Friends of Pskov
Daniel Rosenblum
AFL-CIO Free Trade Institute U.S. State Department, Retired, Former US Ambassador
Blair Ruble
Kennan Institute
Derk Sauer
The Moscow Times, Russian edition of Cosmopolitan
Joel Schatz
SovAm Teleport, Sovintel, Baltic Communications
Kim Spencer
Spacebridges, Internews
Bernard Sucher
Practica Publishers, Moscow Beach Club, Starlight Diner, Uncle Guilly’s Steak House, Troika Dialog
Stowe Talbot
Marine Resources Company International (MRCI); Bellingham Cold Storage Company; Talbot Group
Carol Vipperman
Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation (FRAEC)
Henrik Winther
Rosinter, Tigrus Restaurant Holding, Rostic’s, Patio Pizza, Planet Sushi, American Bar & Grill
Jeffrey Zeiger
TrenMos
