| Description |
1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Note |
Trial records translated from the Russian and the Ukrainian. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Arrests -- Stalin, religion, and the adventists of Bila Tserkva -- Interrogations (1) -- Interrogations (2) -- Testimonies and confrontations -- The trial -- Appeals and exonerations -- Conclusion and epilogue. |
| Summary |
"Conscience on Trial reveals the startling story, kept secret for sixty years, of ordinary citizens caught up in the elaborate machinery of political terror in Stalinist Ukraine. In 1952, fourteen poor, barely literate Seventh-Day Adventists living on the margins of Soviet society were clandestinely tried for allegedly advocating pacifism and adhering to the Saturday Sabbath. The only written records of this trial were sealed in the KGB archives in Kiev, and this harrowing episode has until now been unknown even within the Ukraine. Hiroaki Kuromiya has carefully analyzed these newly discovered documents, and in doing so, reveals a fascinating picture of private life and religious belief under the atheist Stalinist regime. Kuromiya convincingly elucidates the mechanism of the Soviet secret police and explores the minds of non-conformist believers -precursors to the revival of dissidence after Stalin's death in 1953"--Publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
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Trials (Political crimes and offenses) |
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Soviet Union. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- Ukraine -- History -- 20th century.
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Ukraine. |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1936-1953 |
| Subject |
Pacifists -- Ukraine -- History -- 20th century.
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Pacifists. |
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Adventists -- Ukraine -- History -- 20th century.
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Adventists. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781442644618 1442644613 (DLC) 2012392799 |
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Print version: Kuromiya, Hiroaki. Conscience on trial. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2012 9781442644618 (DLC) 2012392799 (OCoLC)761459473 |
| ISBN |
1442661070 (electronic book) |
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9781442661073 (electronic book) |
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9781442644618 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1442644613 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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