Rebel Russia : dissent and protest from the Tsars to Navalny / Anna Arutunyan.
| Author/creator | Arutunyan, Anna author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, 2025. |
| Description | xi, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Optimists -- The Traitor and the Tsar -- The Rebel and the Tsar -- The Revolt of the Elites --The Will of the People -- The Rebel as Tsar -- The Dissidents -- The Democrats -- The Russian Spring -- The Russian Winter |
| Abstract | Navalny. Lenin. Pugachev. The Russian rebel - in his epic battle against the Leviathan of the Russian state - has enthralled readers and writers for decades. The rebel's story is almost always a sad one that ends in exile, imprisonment, or martyrdom, leaving but a seed for the future reform of the Leviathan which he or she had taken on. Why do revolts - from the Decembrist uprising to the Snow Revolution that brought Alexei Navalny to the forefront of contemporary Russian politics - seem to end up failing or producing an even worse form of despotism? In reality, the brave words and deeds of dissidents have shaped the course of Russian history more often than we might think. Through the stories of prominent rebels from the time of Ivan the Terrible to the present day, as well as her own experiences reporting on her country's decent into authoritarianism, Russian-American journalist Anna Arutunyan explores how the rebel and the Tsar defined each other through a centuries-long dance of dissent and repression. These characters and their lives not only reveal the true nature of the Russian state, they also offer hope for a future Russian democracy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9781509552290 hardback |
| ISBN | 1509552294 |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000236114 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DK510.6 .A78 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |