Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev''s Soviet Union

Robert Hornsby draws on a range of declassified archival material to analyse political protest and government repression in post-Stalin USSR.

Sommario

Introduction; Part I: 1. An end to silence; 2. Putting out fires; 3. After the Hungarian rising; 4. Turning back the tide: the clampdown on dissent; Part II: 5. The anti-Soviet underground; 6. Taking to the streets; 7. Less repression, more policing; 8. The application of force; 9. A precursor to the Soviet human rights movement; Conclusion.

Info autore

Robert Hornsby is Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham. He is also a Teaching Fellow in Russian History at the University of Leeds and, from May 2013, a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of Kent.

Riassunto

Robert Hornsby examines the nature of political protest in the USSR following Stalin's death. He explores the emergence of underground groups, mass riots and public attacks on authority as well as the ways in which the Soviet regime under Khrushchev viewed and responded to these challenges.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rob Hornsby, Robert Hornsby, Robert (University of Birmingham) Hornsby, Hornsby Robert
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.05.2015
• EAN: 9781107521247
• ISBN: 978-1-107-52124-7
• Pagine: 324
• Serie: New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; History, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1960 to c 1969, USSR, Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet