Curious Moody City: A Visit To Moscow, 1995

by Marc Hyman

In 1995, Russia was in the midst of a freewheeling struggle to find its place in the new world order. Nowhere was this clash between the collapsing Soviet way of life and the wide-open free market more palpable than in Moscow, the nation's sprawling capital and the largest city in Europe. Marc Hyman, an American journalist living in neighboring Estonia, ventured into this maelstrom during an epic heat wave for four memorable days and nights. Curious Moody City provides a sensitive and penetrating look at a world in flux.

68 pages, Paperback

Published March 13, 2009

About the author

Marc Hyman lived in Estonia through most of the eventful 1990s. He taught accounting and finance at the Estonian Business School and at Concordia International University Estonia (now Tallinn University of Technology), served as Tallinn Bureau Chief for The Baltic Observer (now The Baltic Times) and as Managing Editor of The Baltic Business Leader, and worked as a consultant for Hansabank, North Estonian Bank, and Virumaa Commerce Bank.

Marc's accounts of day-to-day life in the newly independent Baltic States and Russia have been published in AjaKaja, Crosscurrents, Yours Truly, and Europe Today. He lives in Seattle.