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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451120503321

Autore

Horvath Robert <1966->

Titolo

The legacy of Soviet dissent [[electronic resource] ] : dissidents, democratisation and radical nationalism in Russia / / Robert Horvath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005

ISBN

1-280-22405-3

9786610224050

0-203-41285-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

East European studies ; ; 17

Russian and East European studies

Classificazione

15.70

Disciplina

947.085/4

Soggetti

Political culture - Soviet Union

Dissenters - Soviet Union

Glasnost

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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