03699nam 2200709 a 450 991080624960332120240418004637.01-283-37128-6978661337128710.12987/9780300178425(CKB)2550000000075671(StDuBDS)AH24486818(SSID)ssj0000570873(PQKBManifestationID)11931383(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000570873(PQKBWorkID)10611314(PQKB)11335074(DE-B1597)485892(OCoLC)952777413(DE-B1597)9780300178425(Au-PeEL)EBL3420771(CaPaEBR)ebr10521216(CaONFJC)MIL337128(OCoLC)923597087(MiAaPQ)EBC3420771(EXLCZ)99255000000007567120110606d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrIt was a long time ago, and it never happened anyway[electronic resource] Russia and the communist past /David Satter1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20121 online resource (416 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-11145-2 0-300-17842-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The statue of Dzerzhinsky -- Efforts to remember -- Butovo and Kommunarka -- St. Petersburg -- The appeal of communism -- The responsibility of the state -- The trial of the communist party -- Moral choice under totalitarianism -- The roots of the communist idea -- Symbols of the past -- History -- The shadow of Katyn -- Vorkuta -- The odyssey of Andrei Poleshchuk.Russia today is haunted by deeds that have not been examined and words that have been left unsaid. A serious attempt to understand the meaning of the Communist experience has not been undertaken, and millions of victims of Soviet Communism are all but forgotten. In this book David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent and longtime writer on Russia and the Soviet Union, presents a striking new interpretation of Russia's great historical tragedy, locating its source in Russia's failure fully to appreciate the value of the individual in comparison with the objectives of the state. Satter explores the moral and spiritual crisis of Russian society. He shows how it is possible for a government to deny the inherent value of its citizens and for the population to agree, and why so many Russians actually mourn the passing of the Soviet regime that denied them fundamental rights. Through a wide-ranging consideration of attitudes toward the living and the dead, the past and the present, the state and the individual, Satter arrives at a distinctive and important new way of understanding the Russian experience.AtrocitiesSoviet UnionHistoryAtrocitiesSoviet UnionPublic opinionCommunismSoviet UnionHistoryCommunismSoviet UnionPublic opinionPublic opinionRussia (Federation)Soviet UnionHistory1925-1953AtrocitiesHistory.AtrocitiesPublic opinion.CommunismHistory.CommunismPublic opinion.Public opinion947.084/2Satter David1947-1498697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806249603321It was a long time ago, and it never happened anyway4098083UNINA