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Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Collection
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5x0nd340 No online items Register of the Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman collection Finding aid prepared by Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop and David Jacobs Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6003 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 2007 Register of the Irwin T. and 98074 1 Shirley Holtzman collection Title: Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman collection Date (inclusive): 1899-2010 Collection Number: 98074 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 157 manuscript boxes, 9 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 32 cubic foot boxes(111.4 linear feet) Abstract: Printed matter, writings, letters, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the Russian writers Isaak Babel', Boris Pasternak and Joseph Brodsky. Consists primarily of printed matter by and about Pasternak, Brodsky and Babel'. Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Holtzman, Irwin T creator: Holtzman, Shirley. Access Box 8 restricted; use copies available in Box 4. Box/Folder 22 : 8-15 closed; use copies available in Box/Folder 20 : 1-7. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1998, with subsequent increments received through 2004. Additional increments are expected. An increment was added in 2011. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. -
Post-Soviet Political Party Development in Russia: Obstacles to Democratic Consolidation
POST-SOVIET POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA: OBSTACLES TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION Evguenia Lenkevitch Bachelor of Arts (Honours), SFU 2005 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS In the Department of Political Science O Evguenia Lenkevitch 2007 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 2007 All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by photocopy or other means, without permission of the author. APPROVAL Name: Evguenia Lenkevitch Degree: Master of Arts, Department of Political Science Title of Thesis: Post-Soviet Political Party Development in Russia: Obstacles to Democratic Consolidation Examining Committee: Chair: Dr. Lynda Erickson, Professor Department of Political Science Dr. Lenard Cohen, Professor Senior Supervisor Department of Political Science Dr. Alexander Moens, Professor Supervisor Department of Political Science Dr. llya Vinkovetsky, Assistant Professor External Examiner Department of History Date DefendedlApproved: August loth,2007 The author, whose copyright is declared on the title page of this work, has granted to Simon Fraser University the right to lend this thesis, project or extended essay to users of the Simon Fraser University Library, and to make partial or single copies only for such users or in response to a request from the library of any other university, or other educational institution, on its own behalf or for one of its users. The author has further granted permission to Simon Fraser University to keep or make a digital copy for use in its circulating collection (currently available to the public at the 'Institutional Repository" link of the SFU Library website <www.lib.sfu.ca> at: <http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/112>) and, without changing the content, to translate the thesis/project or extended essays, if technically possible, to any medium or format for the purpose of preservation of the digital work. -
Internal Problems Facing the New Soviet Leadership George Miller
Internal Problems Facing the New Soviet Leadership by George Miller Introduction Since the death of Lenin in 1924, the Soviet Union has lived through three distinct phases. The first was the Stalinist period, re membered by the Party for the continual purges amongst its ranks. Second was the Krushchev era which, by its reforms and reorgani zations, threatened the existence of the privileged party nomenkla tura—those entitled to all manner of material benefits. Finally, we have recently seen the end of the Brezhnev period, distinguished by domestic inertia2 and the strengthening and modernization of the armed forces. The eighteen years of Brezhnev rule have seemed, outwardly, a period of domestic stability and security. But behind a veneer of calm, a host of problems have gone unaddressed so that the new leadership faces many serious difficulties overdue for remedy. By avoiding change, Brezhnev has willed his successors some embar rassing debts. This article examines some of the USSR's internal problems and advances the idea that the Soviet system may alter radically and rapidly within the present decade. This proposal is in contrast with most Western analyses, which view change in Soviet policies as gradual, predictable and limited. Domestic Problems Even before Brezhnev's death, there were signs of pressure within the party hierarchy to move away from a policy of extreme conserv atism. This antagonism manifested itself in public with anti-Brezhnev statements—such as the article which ridiculed Brezhnev in the De cember 1981 edition of Aurora.2 Such criticism was not invariably destructive and negative in nature. -
Soviet Political Memoirs: a Study in Politics and Literature
SOVIET POLITICAL MEMOIRS: A STUDY IN POLITICS AND LITERATURE by ZOI LAKKAS B.A. HONS, The University of Western Ontario, 1990 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Department of History) We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA June 1992 Zoi Lakkas, 1992 _________________ in presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department. or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. V Department of The University of British &‘olumbia Vancouver, Canada Date 1L4( /1 1q2 DE-6 (2/88) ii ABS TRACT A growing number of Soviet political memoirs have emerged from the former Soviet Union. The main aim of the meinoirists is to give their interpretation of the past. Despite the personal insight that these works provide on Soviet history, Western academics have not studied them in any detail. The principal aim of this paper is to prove Soviet political memoir’s importance as a research tool. The tight link between politics and literature characterizes the nature of Soviet political memoir. All forms of Soviet literature had to reform their brand of writing as the Kremlin’s policies changed from Stalin’s ruthless reign to Gorbachev’s period of openness. -
Joseph Brodsky Papers from the Archives of the Katilius Family, 1966-1997 M1960
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8k35w48 No online items Guide to the Joseph Brodsky papers from the archives of the Katilius family, 1966-1997 M1960 Finding aid prepared by Elga Zalite Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives Stanford University Libraries. 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, California, 94305 Email: [email protected] August 2013 Guide to the Joseph Brodsky M1960 1 papers from the archives of the Katilius family, 1966-1997 ... Title: Joseph Brodsky papers from the archives of the Katilius family Identifier/Call Number: M1960 Contributing Institution: Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives Language of Material: Russian Physical Description: 4.25 Linear feet(8 manuscript boxes and 1 legal half manuscript box) Date (inclusive): 1966-1997 Abstract: Documents concerning Russian poet’s Joseph Brodsky’s (1940-1996) personality and his creative work from the family archives of his friends Ramunas Katilius and Elmira Katiliene. Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc. Language of Materials note: Primarily in Russian. Additional material in Lithuanian, and some English. Creator: Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 Creator: Katiliene, Elmira Creator: Katilius, Ramunas Preferred Citation [identification of item], Joseph Brodsky papers from the archives of the Katilius family (M1960). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. -
Reform and Human Rights the Gorbachev Record
100TH-CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [ 1023 REFORM AND HUMAN RIGHTS THE GORBACHEV RECORD REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE MAY 1988 Printed for the use of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1988 84-979 = For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE STENY H. HOYER, Maryland, Chairman DENNIS DeCONCINI, Arizona, Cochairman DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida FRANK LAUTENBERG, New Jersey EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts TIMOTHY WIRTH, Colorado BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico WYCHE FOWLER, Georgia EDWARD FEIGHAN, Ohio HARRY REED, Nevada DON RITTER, Pennslyvania ALFONSE M. D'AMATO, New York CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey JOHN HEINZ, Pennsylvania JACK F. KEMP, New York JAMES McCLURE, Idaho JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois MALCOLM WALLOP, Wyoming EXECUTIvR BRANCH HON. RICHARD SCHIFIER, Department of State Vacancy, Department of Defense Vacancy, Department of Commerce Samuel G. Wise, Staff Director Mary Sue Hafner, Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel Jane S. Fisher, Senior Staff Consultant Michael Amitay, Staff Assistant Catherine Cosman, Staff Assistant Orest Deychakiwsky, Staff Assistant Josh Dorosin, Staff Assistant John Finerty, Staff Assistant Robert Hand, Staff Assistant Gina M. Harner, Administrative Assistant Judy Ingram, Staff Assistant Jesse L. Jacobs, Staff Assistant Judi Kerns, Ofrice Manager Ronald McNamara, Staff Assistant Michael Ochs, Staff Assistant Spencer Oliver, Consultant Erika B. Schlager, Staff Assistant Thomas Warner, Pinting Clerk (11) CONTENTS Page Summary Letter of Transmittal .................... V........................................V Reform and Human Rights: The Gorbachev Record ................................................ -
Catastrophes in the Air 1 Joseph Brodsky
1 Catastrophes in the Air 1 Joseph Brodsky Il y a des rem`edes `ala sauvagerie primitive; li n’y en a point `ala manie de paraˆıtre ce qu’on n’est pas. Marquis de Custrine, Lettres de Russie 1 Because of the volume and quality of Russian fiction in the nineteenth century, it’s been widely held that the great Russian prose of that century has auto- matically, by pure inertia, wandered into our own. From time to time, in the course of our century, here and there one could hear voices nominating this or that writer for the status of the Great Russian Writer, purveyor of the tradi- tion. These voices were coming from the critical establishment and from Soviet officialdom, as well as from the intelligentsia itself, with a frequency of roughly two great writers per decade. During the postwar years alone – which have lasted, blissfully, so far – a minimum of half a dozen names have filled the air. The forties ended with Mikhail Zoshchenko and the fifties started with the rediscovery of Babel. Then came the thaw, and the crown was temporarily bestowed upon Vladimir Dud- intsev for his Not by Bread Alone. The sixties were almost equally shared by Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago and by Mikhail Bulgakov’s revival. The bet- ter part of the seventies obviously belong to Solzhenitsyn; at present what is in vogue is so-called peasant prose, and the name most frequently uttered is that of Valentin Rasputin. Officialdom, though, it should be noted in all fairness, happens to be far less mercurial in its preferences: for nearly fifty hears now it has stuck to its guns, pushing Mikhail Sholokhov. -
The Ukrainian Weekly 1984, No.7
www.ukrweekly.com -I Hfy І Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationj Ukrainian mmУ Vol. Lli No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1984 25 cents RFE/RL denied Rudenko, three others nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Oleh Zwadiuk Institute can bestow: the 1984 Nobel the human-rights principles of the 1975 press credentials Peace Prize." Helsinki Final Act, Yuri Orlov, Anatoly The Helsinki Commission in the past Shcharansky, Mykola Rudenko and WASHINGTON - The U.S. Com has nominated several leading Soviet Viktoras Pefkus called on the Soviet at Olympics mission on Security and Cooperation in and East European human-rights acti government to observe its Helsinki Europe has nominated Ukrainian writer vists for the Nobel Peace Prize. Last human-rights commitments by publi WASHINGTON - Radio Free Eu Mykola Rudenko and three other rope/Radio Liberty was denied press year, one of the commission's nominees, cizing violations of political, national, Soviet human-rights activists for the civil, ethnic, economic and religious accreditation for the Winter Olympics 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, in Sarajevo by the executive board of won the prize. rights," the letter said. the International Olympic Committee Mr. Rudenko is a founding member The letter to the Nobel Institute was on Tuesday, February 7. of the Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring signed by the congressional members of The commission noted that the first group to monitor the Soviet Helsinki The only reason given for the rejec Group and was its first leader. He was the commission, including Rep. -
Church, Nation and State in Russia and Ukraine
EDITED BY GEOFFREY A.HOS KING Church, Natioh and State in Russia and Ukraine CHURCH, NATION AND STATE IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE Church, Nation and State in Russia and Ukraine Edited by Geoffrey A. Hosking Professor of Russian History School of Slavonic and East European Studies University of London Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press University of Alberta Copyright © 1990 Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Church, nation and state in Russia and Ukraine ISBN 0-920862-71-3 1. Church and state—Soviet Union—History. 2. Church and state—Ukraine—History. I. Hosking, Geoffrey A. BR933.C58 1990 322’.1’0947 C90-091565-X All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Printed in Hong Kong. Contents Acknowledgements vii Preface viii Notes on the Contributors xii 1 The Formation of Modern Ukrainian Religious Cul- 1 ture: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Frank E. Sysyn 2 The Spirituality of the Vyg Fathers 23 Robert O. Crummey 3 The Authority of Holiness: Women Ascetics and 38 Spiritual Elders in Nineteenth-century Russia Brenda Meehan-Waters 4 The Greek Catholic Church in Nineteenth-century 52 Galicia John-Paul Himka 5 Printing the Bible in the Reign of Alexander I: 65 Toward a Reinterpretation of the Imperial Russian Bible Society Stephen K. Batalden 6 Christianity, the Service Ethic and Decembrist 79 Thought Franklin A. -
EDUARD LIMONOV: a CRITICAL STUDY by ANDREI ROGATCHEVSKI Thesis Presented for the Degree of Ph.D. the Department of Slavonic Lang
EDUARD LIMONOV: A CRITICAL STUDY BY ANDREI ROGATCHEVSKI Thesis presented for the degree of Ph.D. the Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures of the University of Glasgow August 1998 © Andrei Rogatchevski ProQuest Number: 13818637 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a com plete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest ProQuest 13818637 Published by ProQuest LLC(2018). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States C ode Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ( m o w UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 112.3 A (cof^ 2 ABSTRACT The publication of Eduard Limonov's exhibitionist novel Eto ia - Edichka (It's Me, Eddie) in 1979 provoked, both among readers and critics, a great deal of negative emotion, which simmers on even now, boosted by the publication of virtually all Limonov's major writings in Russia and by Limonov's transformation into a notorious public figure of dubious political persuasions. The emotion mentioned often precludes a sober comprehensive analysis of Limonov's creative activity, an analysis which his unquestionable success requires. Limonov's infamy frequently casts an unmerited shadow over the significance of his artistic works, especially over his exquisite, innovative poetry which is often neglected nowadays. -
The Russian Orthodox Church 1 1965-1980
The Russian Orthodox Church 1 1965-1980 . MICHAEL AKSENOV MEERSON This period, which began with the waning of Khrushchev's anti religious campaign,2 is marked by the growth of new trends within the life of the Russian Orthodox Church. The most important of these are: the movement among clergy and laity in defence of religious rights; the religious revival; and the crisis in the 'imperial' mentality of the Russian Orthodox Church which accompanied a growth of interest in ecumenism and a growth of missionary concern for the spread of Or thodoxy in the free world. The Movement for Religious Freedom The fall of Khrushchev which halted the administrative destruction of church life did not alter the regime's general anti-religious policy. Although the mass closure of churches ceased, the churches, monasteries and seminaries which had been confiscated were not returned to believers, and the anti-religious legislation remained in force and continued to promote further centralization of government super visipn over religious life. Evidence of the latter trend can be seen in the merging on 8 December 1965 of two government agencies, the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Council for the Affairs of Religious Cults, to form one Council for Religious Affairs at tached to the USSR Council of Ministers. At the same time a new phenomenon made its appearance in the Church: the movement for religious freedom. On 21 November 1965 Fr Eshliman and Fr Yakunin, two priests from the Moscow Diocese, sent an open letter to the Patriarch about the situation of the Russian Or thodox Church.3 Before this letter was sent a section of the episcopate, without resorting to publicity, had pressed for an amelioration in the Church's position. -
The Forgotten Victims: Childhood and the Soviet Gulag, 1929–1953
Number 2203 ISSN: 2163-839X (online) Elaine MacKinnon The Forgotten Victims: Childhood and the Soviet Gulag, 1929–1953 This work is licensed under a CreaƟ ve Commons AƩ ribuƟ on-Noncommercial-No DerivaƟ ve Works 3.0 United States License. This site is published by the University Library System of the University of PiƩ sburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program, and is cosponsored by the University of PiƩ sburgh Press. Elaine MacKinnon Abstract This study examines a facet of Gulag history that only in recent years has become a topic for scholarly examination, the experiences of children whose par- ents were arrested or who ended up themselves in the camps. It fi rst considers the situation of those who were true “children of the Gulag,” born either in prison or in the camps. Second, the paper examines the children who were left behind when their parents and relatives were arrested in the Stalinist terror of the 1930s. Those left behind without anyone willing or able to take them in ended up in orphanages, or found themselves on their own, having to grow up quickly and cope with adult situations and responsibilities. Thirdly, the study focuses on young persons who themselves ended up in the Gulag, either due to their connections with arrested family members, or due to actions in their own right which fell afoul of Stalinist “legality,” and consider the ways in which their youth shaped their experience of the Gulag and their strategies for survival. The effects of a Gulag childhood were profound both for individuals and for Soviet society as a whole.