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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information PROTEST, REFORM AND REPRESSION ’ IN KHRUSHCHEV S SOVIET UNION Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev’s Soviet Union explores thenatureofpoliticalprotestintheUSSRduringthedecadefollowing the death of Stalin. Using sources drawn from the archives of the SovietProcurator’soffice,theCommunistParty,theKomsomoland elsewhere,Hornsbyexaminestheemergenceofundergroundgroups, massriotsandpublicattacksonauthorityaswellasthewaysinwhich the Soviet regimeunder Khrushchev viewed and responded to these challenges,includingdeeperKGBpenetrationofsocietyandtheuse oflabourcampsandpsychiatricrepression.Heshedsimportantnew lightontheprogressandimplicationsofdeStalinization,therelation- shipbetweencitizensandauthorityandtheemergenceofanincreas- inglymaterialistic social orderinsidetheUSSR. Thisisafascinating study, whichsignificantly revises ourunderstandingofthe nature of Sovietpowerfollowingtheabandonmentofmassterror. roberthornsbyisHonoraryResearchFellow,CentreforRussian 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 SchoolofHistoryattheUniversityofKent. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information new studies in european history Editedby peterbaldwin,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles christopherclark,UniversityofCambridge jamesb.collins,GeorgetownUniversity miarodrÍguez-salgado,LondonSchoolofEconomicsand PoliticalScience lyndalroper,UniversityofOxford timothysnyder,YaleUniversity TheaimofthisseriesinearlymodernandmodernEuropeanhistoryistopublish outstanding works of research, addressed to important themes across a wide geographical range, from southern and central Europe, to Scandinavia and Russia, from the time of the Renaissance to the Second World War. 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Afulllistoftitlespublishedintheseriescanbefoundat: www.cambridge.org/newstudiesineuropeanhistory © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information PROTEST, REFORM AND REPRESSION ’ IN KHRUSHCHEV S SOVIET UNION ROBERT HORNSBY © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb28ru,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107030923 ©RobertHornsby2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedandboundintheUnitedKingdombytheMPGBooksGroup AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary isbn978-1-107-03092-3Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information For Kevin © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information Contents Listoftables page viii Acknowledgements ix Transliteration x Introduction 1 part i 21 1 Anendtosilence 23 2 Puttingoutfires 54 3 AftertheHungarianrising 79 4 Turningbackthetide:theclampdownondissent 108 part ii 135 5 Theanti-Sovietunderground 137 6 Takingtothestreets 171 7 Lessrepression,morepolicing 197 8 Theapplicationofforce 222 9 AprecursortotheSoviethuman-rightsmovement 253 Conclusion 284 Glossary 290 Bibliography 291 Index 308 vii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information Tables 2.1 AnnualexpulsionsfromtheUkrainianKomsomol,1955–7 page 70 2.2 AnnualexpulsionsfromtheKazakhandUzbekKomsomol organisations, 1955 –7 70 4.1 Annualsentencesforanti-Sovietactivityandpropaganda (article58-10),1956–64 116 4.2 Sentencesforanti-Sovietactivity(article58-10)byunion republicin1957 122 4.3 Lengthofsentencesunderarticle58-10intheperiod1956–7 127 viii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information Acknowledgements Ihavebeenfortunateenoughtobenefitfromtheadviceandencouragement ofmanyfinescholarsasI worked onthisbook.Jeremy Smith,MelanieIlič andAlexTitovinparticularsavedmefromnumerousblindalleysandinstead pushed my thinking in much more interesting and productive directions. Otherswhohavereadpartorallofthemanuscriptandprovidedallmanner of useful suggestions include Philip Boobbyer, Yoram Gorlizki, Ed Kline, ArfonRees,MarkSmithandGlebTsipursky.Twoanonymousreviewersat CambridgeUniversityPressalsohelpedsharpenmythoughtsonanumberof keyissues. Conversations with Vladimir Bukovsky, Aleksandr Daniel, Aleksandr Esenin-Volpin,AndreiGrigorenko,ZhoresMedvedevandYuriOrlovproved particularlyilluminating.Thosewhohavekindlysentmeusefuldocuments or granted me access to their own unpublished research include Krista Berglund, Mike Berry, Ed Cohn and Jeff Hardy. During stays in Russia IhaveenjoyedthehospitalityofMilaandGalinaPetrovnaKosterina,andthe friendship and support of Bob Henderson, Pia Koivunen, Siobhan Peeling, SeanRoberts,UlrikeZiemerandStephenTaylor. Lastly,bysomewaythelargestdebtofgratitudeisowedtomyparents, John and Norma Hornsby. Without their support this book would most likelynotexist. ix © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03092-3 - Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union Robert Hornsby Frontmatter More information Transliteration The British Standard system of transliteration has been used throughout this work, but with some exceptions in regard to places and the names of well-known individuals which already have an ‘accepted’ English spelling, suchasLudmillaAlexeyeva(asopposedtoLyudmilaAlekseeva)andJoseph Brodsky(ratherthanIosifBrodskii).Someofthescholarscitedinthisbook have published works in both English and Russian. Where their English- languageworks donotusetheBritish Standardsystem, theexistingtrans- literation conventions have been followed. When Russian-language works arecited,theBritishStandardsystemoftransliterationhasbeenemployed. x © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org
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