Moscow 1956 :: the silenced spring /
Joseph Stalin had been dead for three years when his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, stunned a closed gathering of Communist officials with a litany of his predecessor's abuses. Meant to clear the way for reform from above, Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" of February 25, 1956, shatter...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Joseph Stalin had been dead for three years when his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, stunned a closed gathering of Communist officials with a litany of his predecessor's abuses. Meant to clear the way for reform from above, Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" of February 25, 1956, shattered the myth of Stalin's infallibility. In a bid to rejuvenate the Party, Khrushchev had his report read out loud to members across the Soviet Union that spring. However, its message sparked popular demands for more information and greater freedom to debate. Moscow 1956: The Silenced Spring brings this first brief season of thaw into fresh focus. Drawing on newly declassified Russian archives, Kathleen Smith offers a month-by-month reconstruction of events as the official process of de-Stalinization unfolded and political and cultural experimentation flourished. Smith looks at writers, students, scientists, former gulag prisoners, and free-thinkers who took Khrushchev's promise of liberalization seriously, testing the limits of a more open Soviet system. But when anti-Stalin sentiment morphed into calls for democratic reform and eventually erupted in dissent within the Soviet bloc--notably in the Hungarian uprising--the Party balked and attacked critics. Yet Khrushchev had irreversibly opened his compatriots' eyes to the flaws of monopolistic rule. Citizens took the Secret Speech as inspiration and permission to opine on how to restore justice and build a better society, and the new crackdown only reinforced their discontent. The events of 1956 set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment that would recur until the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.-- |
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| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Smith, Kathleen E., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95096037 Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring / Kathleen E. Smith. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Joseph Stalin had been dead for three years when his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, stunned a closed gathering of Communist officials with a litany of his predecessor's abuses. Meant to clear the way for reform from above, Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" of February 25, 1956, shattered the myth of Stalin's infallibility. In a bid to rejuvenate the Party, Khrushchev had his report read out loud to members across the Soviet Union that spring. However, its message sparked popular demands for more information and greater freedom to debate. Moscow 1956: The Silenced Spring brings this first brief season of thaw into fresh focus. Drawing on newly declassified Russian archives, Kathleen Smith offers a month-by-month reconstruction of events as the official process of de-Stalinization unfolded and political and cultural experimentation flourished. Smith looks at writers, students, scientists, former gulag prisoners, and free-thinkers who took Khrushchev's promise of liberalization seriously, testing the limits of a more open Soviet system. But when anti-Stalin sentiment morphed into calls for democratic reform and eventually erupted in dissent within the Soviet bloc--notably in the Hungarian uprising--the Party balked and attacked critics. Yet Khrushchev had irreversibly opened his compatriots' eyes to the flaws of monopolistic rule. Citizens took the Secret Speech as inspiration and permission to opine on how to restore justice and build a better society, and the new crackdown only reinforced their discontent. The events of 1956 set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment that would recur until the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. January: after the ice -- February: a sudden thaw -- March: a flood of questions -- April: early spring -- May: fresh air -- June: first flush of youth -- July: intellectual heat -- August: by the sweat of their brows -- September: ocean breezes -- October: storm clouds -- November: winds from the east -- December: the big chill. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 4, 2017). Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcR6JF3hd3TgMFKbTJdQq Political rehabilitation Soviet Union. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003247 Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125849 Soviet Union History 1953-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125817 Réhabilitation (Politique) URSS. URSS Politique et gouvernement 1953-1985. URSS Histoire 1953-1985. HISTORY Europe Eastern. bisacsh HISTORY Europe Former Soviet Republics. bisacsh HISTORY Europe Russia & the Former Soviet Union. bisacsh HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union bisacsh Political rehabilitation fast Politics and government fast Soviet Union fast 1953-1985 fast History fast has work: Moscow 1956 (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGY9rHdxryg48QGgqMkfmb https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1491802 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Smith, Kathleen E. Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring / January: after the ice -- February: a sudden thaw -- March: a flood of questions -- April: early spring -- May: fresh air -- June: first flush of youth -- July: intellectual heat -- August: by the sweat of their brows -- September: ocean breezes -- October: storm clouds -- November: winds from the east -- December: the big chill. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcR6JF3hd3TgMFKbTJdQq Political rehabilitation Soviet Union. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003247 Réhabilitation (Politique) URSS. HISTORY Europe Eastern. bisacsh HISTORY Europe Former Soviet Republics. bisacsh HISTORY Europe Russia & the Former Soviet Union. bisacsh HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union bisacsh Political rehabilitation fast Politics and government fast |
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| title | Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring / |
| title_auth | Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring / |
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| title_full | Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring / Kathleen E. Smith. |
| title_fullStr | Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring / Kathleen E. Smith. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring / Kathleen E. Smith. |
| title_short | Moscow 1956 : |
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| topic | Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcR6JF3hd3TgMFKbTJdQq Political rehabilitation Soviet Union. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003247 Réhabilitation (Politique) URSS. HISTORY Europe Eastern. bisacsh HISTORY Europe Former Soviet Republics. bisacsh HISTORY Europe Russia & the Former Soviet Union. bisacsh HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union bisacsh Political rehabilitation fast Politics and government fast |
| topic_facet | Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 Political rehabilitation Soviet Union. Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985. Soviet Union History 1953-1985. Réhabilitation (Politique) URSS. URSS Politique et gouvernement 1953-1985. URSS Histoire 1953-1985. HISTORY Europe Eastern. HISTORY Europe Former Soviet Republics. HISTORY Europe Russia & the Former Soviet Union. HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Political rehabilitation Politics and government Soviet Union History |
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