This book places the dissent movement in the Soviet Union within
the framework of modern Russian history. Professor Shatz outlines
the historical and geographical conditions that led to a pattern of
autocratic rule in Russia, and traces the sources of dissent in
both tsarist and Soviet Russia. Professor Shatz examines the
relationship between the Russian state and the educated classes
from Peter the Great to the time of the book's first publication in
1980, explaining why the educated elite was the source of
dissidents throughout the period. Autobiographical and literary
sources are emphasized in an effort to determine the personal roots
of dissent in Russia. Professor Shatz explores the family life,
education, and life experience of dissidents in an attempt to
explain why they became nonconformists or rebels. The first half of
the book is an historical overview, dealing with Russia from Peter
the Great to Stalin. The second half traces in greater detail the
development of Soviet dissent from Stalin's death to the latter
part of the twentieth century, contending that Soviet dissent,
although it had its own unique characteristics, was the product of
a pattern of development Russia has been following since the
eighteenth century.
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