A little corner of freedom : Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbache͏̈v Ch. 1 Environmental Activism and Social Identity Ch. 2 Archipelago of Freedom Ch. 3 The Road to Liquidation : Conservation in the Postwar Years Ch. 4 Zapovedniki in Peril 1948 1950 Ch. 5 Liquidation: The Second Phase 1950 Ch. 6 The Deluge 1951 Ch. 7 In the Throes of Crisis: VOOP in Stalins Last Years Ch. 8 Death and Purgatory Ch. 9 VOOP after Stalin: Survival and Decay Ch. 10 Resurrection Ch. 11 A Time to Build Ch. 12 A Time to Meet Ch. 13 More Trouble in Paradise: Crises of the Zapovedniki in the Khrushchev Era Ch. 14 Student Movements: Catalysts for a New Activism Ch. 15 Three Men in a Boat: VOOP in the Early 1960s Ch. 16 Storm over Baikal Ch. 17 Science Doesnt Stand Still Ch. 18 Environmental Struggles in the Era of Stagnation Ch. 19 Environmental Activism under Gorbachev A little corner of freedom sheds new light on Soviet politics revealing how a Russian nationalist movement used the protective umbra of environmentalism to become a cultural and political force and how ordinary citizens used it to launch the first mass protests at the dawn of glasnost. It shows how activists were able to establish personal ties with local provincial and republic level politicians who came to regard the movement and the nature reserves it promoted as a source of local pride