«Неповерненці» перебудови: сценарії втечі та владний контроль в УРСР
Journal: Scientific Papers of the Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsyiubynskyi State Pedagogical University Series History
Year: 2023

The purpose of this article is to analyse the practice of defection as an illegal emigration mechanism. The set of tasks is outlined by the questions about the explanatory schemes used by the "fugitives", as well as the study of the reaction of state authorities and repressive organs to fugitive practices. The research methodology is based on a combination of interdisciplinary methods, including critical discourse analysis, narrative analysis, historical-comparative and historical-systemic metho