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

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.

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Superior document:Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ; 26
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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).
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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