The Thaw Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era - Couverture souple

Alexeyeva, Ludmilla; Goldberg, Paul

 
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Synopsis

The Thaw Generation offers an insider's look at the Soviet dissident movement--the intellectuals who, during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras, dared to challenge an oppressive system and demand the rights guaranteed by the Soviet constitution. Fired from their jobs, hunted by the KGB, \u201ctried,\u201d and imprisoned, Alexeyeva and other activists including Andrei Sakharov, Yuri Orlov, Yuli Daniel, and Andrei Sinyavsky, through their dedication and their personal and professional sacrifices, focused international attention on the issue of human rights in the USSR.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ludmilla Alexeyeva is an advisor to the AFL-CIO, spending three months of each year in Russia.

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9780316031462: The Thaw Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0316031461 ISBN 13 :  9780316031462
Editeur : Little, Brown & Co, 1990
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