The thaw generation
Subtitle: coming of age in the post-Stalin era
By: Ludmilla Alexeyeva and Paul Goldberg.
Contributors: Goldberg, Paul, 1959-
Series: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies ;; 19; Series in Russian and East European studies ;; no. 19.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Alekseeva, Li͡udmila, 1927-; Historians -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Perestroĭka; Glasnost; Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985; Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991
Description: 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, "tried," 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-326) and index.
Originally published: Little, Brown, 1990.