Colette Shulman, Influential Soviet Analyst and Reporter, Dies at 94
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Colette Shulman, Influential Soviet Analyst and Reporter, Dies at 94
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Summary
June 20 marked the death of Colette Shulman in Danbury, Connecticut, where the influential Soviet analyst and former United Press correspondent died at 94.
Colon cancer caused her death in a hospice center, according to her brother, Robert Schwarzenbach.
Shulman built her reputation after arriving in Moscow in 1955 with a master’s degree in Russian history, first running the Anglo-American School before joining United Press the next year.
Her reporting sought to pierce Soviet propaganda and restrictions under Nikita Khrushchev, explaining political and cultural currents in a country many Americans viewed as opaque and threatening.
Katrina vanden Heuvel said Shulman offered rare insight into a system that was often distant, misunderstood and demonized in the United States.