Extra Flashcards
(9 cards)
Amnesty sources? (3)
Role of Western activist groups
Restriction of freedom of conscience
State controlled narratives and propaganda
Psikhushki sources?
Shift of repression methods
Lack of legal safeguards
Importance of global advocacy
Aspects of Brezhnev’s USSR
Stagnation
Inequality- double burden and generational privilege ?
Underground economy
Lack of censorship and terror
Facade of democracy under Yeltsin (2)
Dissidents in power as a facade?
Failed to properly condemn Soviet crimes?
Translation sources?
Can be compared to alternate narratives to assess biases and gaps
Provide Western perspective- Cold War bias?
Informal sources
Emotional
1991
Food, produce and service shortages led to bartering and hoarding
2000s assassinations
Role of terror continuing