Soviet dissent in historical perspective /

This book places the dissent movement in the Soviet Union within the framework of modern Russian history. Professor Shatz outlines the historical and geographical conditions that led to a pattern of autocratic rule in Russia, and traces the sources of dissent in both tsarist and Soviet Russia. Profe...

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Main Author: Shatz, Marshall (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The genesis of the Russian intelligentsia
  • The formation of a Russian intelligent
  • Reason and revolution
  • Khrushchev and the de-Stalinization campaign : the development of literary dissent
  • The Siniavsky-Daniel trial and its aftermath : legal tactics and organizational efforts
  • The Soviet dissidents
  • Programs and prospects.