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Autore |
Horvath Robert <1966-> |
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Titolo |
The legacy of Soviet dissent [[electronic resource] ] : dissidents, democratisation and radical nationalism in Russia / / Robert Horvath |
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London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-31797-2 |
1-280-22405-3 |
9786610224050 |
0-203-41285-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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East European studies ; ; 17 |
Russian and East European studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political culture - Soviet Union |
Dissenters - Soviet Union |
Glasnost |
Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991 |
Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-287) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Children of Terror; 2 'Honest and Total Glasnost'; 3 The Rights-Defenders; 4 The Invention of Russophobia; 5 The Politics of Russophobia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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During the 1970s, dissidents like Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn dominated Western perceptions of the USSR, but were then quickly forgotten, as Gorbachev's reformers monopolised the spotlight. This book restores the dissidents to their rightful place in Russian history. Using a vast array of samizdat and published sources, it shows how ideas formulated in the dissident milieu clashed with the original programme of perestroika, and shaped the course of democratisation in post-Soviet Russia. Some of these ideas - such the dissidents' preoccupation with glasnost and legality, and their critique of |
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