The Universe Behind Barbed Wire - Memoirs of a Ukrainian Soviet Dissident

Ukrainian dissident Myroslav Marynovych recounts his involvement in the Brezhnev-era human rights movement in the Soviet Union and his resulting years as a political prisoner in Siberia and in internal exile.

List of contents

Introduction
Establishing the Fundamentals of Fate
Finally in Kyiv
The Era of the Helsinki Movement
Arrest, Investigation, and Trial
The Labor Camp Up Close
In the Vise of the Strict Regime
The Pinnacle of the Struggle
When the Soul Snagged on Barbed Wire
Among the Kazakhs
Conclusion

About the author

MYROSLAV MARYNOVYCH is a Ukrainian social and political activist and commentator. He is vice-rector for University Mission at Ukrainian Catholic University.

Summary

Ukrainian dissident Myroslav Marynovych recounts his involvement in the Brezhnev-era human rights movement in the Soviet Union and his resulting years as a political prisoner in Siberia and in internal exile.

Product details

• Authors: Zoya Hayuk, Myroslav Marynovich, Myroslav Marynovych, Katherine Younger
• Assisted by: Katherine Younger (Editor), Zoya Hayuk (Translation)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781580469814
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-981-4
• No. of pages: 482
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 160 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 806 g
• Illustrations: 75 b/w illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education