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Pulitzer-winner Benjamin Nathans on the Soviet dissident movement’s ‘many lives’

The Naked Pravda

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The Shift from Leninism to Legalism in the Soviet Dissident Movement

This chapter analyzes the shift from revolutionary Marxism-Leninism to a focus on human rights within the Soviet dissident movement. It highlights how the early critiques based on Leninist ideals evolved into a legalistic approach centered around the Soviet Constitution, reshaping the identity and strategies of dissidents.

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