03060nam 2200697 a 450 991045112050332120200520144314.01-280-22405-397866102240500-203-41285-0(CKB)1000000000254914(EBL)199897(OCoLC)437059861(SSID)ssj0000190964(PQKBManifestationID)11190025(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190964(PQKBWorkID)10183339(PQKB)11531497(MiAaPQ)EBC199897(Au-PeEL)EBL199897(CaPaEBR)ebr10162925(CaONFJC)MIL22405(EXLCZ)99100000000025491420040602d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe legacy of Soviet dissent[electronic resource] dissidents, democratisation and radical nationalism in Russia /Robert HorvathLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20051 online resource (272 p.)East European studies ;17Russian and East European studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-64968-4 0-415-33320-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-287) and index.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; IndexDuring 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 BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ;17.Russian and East European studies.Political cultureSoviet UnionDissentersSoviet UnionGlasnostSoviet UnionPolitics and government1985-1991Russia (Federation)Politics and government1991-Electronic books.Political cultureDissentersGlasnost.947.085/415.70bclHorvath Robert1966-847905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451120503321The legacy of Soviet dissent2008706UNINA