The universe behind barbed wire : : memoirs of a Soviet Ukrainian dissident / / Myroslav Marynovych ; translated by Zoya Hayuk ; edited by Katherine Younger ; with a foreword by Timothy Snyder

• Superior document: Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ; 26
• VerfasserIn: Marynovych, Myroslav, 1949-
• TeilnehmendeR: Hayuk, Zoya,; Younger, Katherine,; Snyder, Timothy,
• Place / Publishing House: Rochester, NY : : University of Rochester Press,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English; Ukrainian
• Series: Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ; 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 453 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 May 2021).

Ukrainian dissident Myroslav Marynovych recounts his involvement in the Brezhnev-era human rights movement in the Soviet Union and his resulting years as a political prisoner in Siberia and in internal exile.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Part One In the Role of a Moth That Is Drawn to the Light -- 1 Establishing the Fundamentals of Fate -- 2 Finally in Kyiv -- 3 The Era of the Helsinki Movement -- 4 Arrest, Investigation, and Trial -- Intermezzo 1. On the Road to Camp -- Part Two The Universe behind Barbed Wire -- 5 The Labor Camp Up Close -- 6 In the Vise of the Strict Regime -- 7 The Pinnacle of the Struggle -- 8 When the Soul Snagged on Barbed Wire -- Intermezzo 2. Transfer to Internal Exile -- Part Three Exile -- 9 Among the Kazakhs -- Intermezzo 3. Once Again on the Threshold of a New Life -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Gospel According to a Holy Fool -- Index