Ideology and Philology. Volume 3. The Case of Konstantin Azadovsky
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Ideology and Philology. Volume 3. The Case of Konstantin Azadovsky
29.99 €
Leningrad, December 1980. On the eve of Chekist Day, drugs are planted on a renowned scholar, head of the foreign languages department, and his wife. The efforts of colleagues and friends—from academics Mikhail Alekseev and Dmitry Likhachev in Leningrad to Joseph Brodsky and Sergei Dovlatov in the United States—are powerless to change the tragic course of events; everything was decided in advance. The peaceful life and fruitful work of a German philologist are cut short, giving way to a man-made hell: a sham investigation, a cell in Kresty, falsified criminal case materials, a guilty verdict, a 10,000-kilometer prison transport to Kolyma, life in the Susuman prison colony, a suicide attempt, a prison hospital, release, and years of a persistent struggle for rehabilitation...
This new book by Moscow historian Pyotr Druzhinin, continuing his extensive research on the relationship between Soviet ideology and the humanities, draws on numerous archival documents, KGB materials, and contemporary testimonies. The author has managed to recreate a merciless yet gripping picture of social life at the end of the Soviet era and, through the dramatic fate of the protagonist, reveals the workings of the Soviet law enforcement system, founded on lawlessness and tyranny.
This new book by Moscow historian Pyotr Druzhinin, continuing his extensive research on the relationship between Soviet ideology and the humanities, draws on numerous archival documents, KGB materials, and contemporary testimonies. The author has managed to recreate a merciless yet gripping picture of social life at the end of the Soviet era and, through the dramatic fate of the protagonist, reveals the workings of the Soviet law enforcement system, founded on lawlessness and tyranny.
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