We explore the knowledge of a probability sample of Russians in 1994 about nine events that occurred within the past 60 years. We consider three competing hypotheses about how knowledge relates to age: (1) adolescence and early adulthood constitute a critical age for acquiring knowledge of public events; (2) the unique content of an event… Continue reading Collective Knowledge of Public Events: The Soviet Era from the Great Purge to Glasnost (Statistical Data Included)