The Thaw Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822959113)

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.

Author: Ludmilla Alexeyeva,Paul Goldberg
ISBN-10: 0822959119
ISBN-13: 9780822959113
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 10/12/1993
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.10w x 0.81d