Socialist thrust of the dissident movement in the Soviet Union during the 1950s - 1960s
Socialist thrust of the dissident movement in the Soviet Union during the 1950s - 1960s

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the beginning of dissident movement in the USSR in the second part of 1950s. The author tells about response of soviet youth to the XX conference of CPSS and destalinization. The author concentrates attention on clandestine dissident groups, which appeared after the moment when society realized that soviet leaders didn’t going to reform the state. Analyzing dissidents’ programs and worldview, the author makes conclusion, that the biggest part of dissidents in 1950s – 1960s were influenced by soviet propaganda and ideas of communism. The article is based on documents of the Party and Komsomol from St.Petersburg state archives, interviews with former dissidents, memories.

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