Showcasing the great experiment : cultural diplomacy and western visitors to the Soviet Union 1921 1941 Introduction : Russia and the West in a Soviet key Cultural diplomacy of a new type Going West : Soviet cultural operations abroad The Potemkin village dilemma Gorkys gulag Hard currency foreigners and the campaign mode Stalin and the fellow travelers revisited Going East : friends and enemies Rise of the Stalinist superiority complex Epilogue : toward the cultural Cold War