POWs and Purge Victims: Attitudes Towards Party Rehabilitation, 1956-57

Author: Dobson, Miriam

Source: The Slavonic and East European Review, Volume 86, Number 2, 1 April 2008 , pp. 328-345(18)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract:

In the wake of Stalin's death in 1953 and Khrushchev's Secret Speech three years later, many Soviet citizens hoped that past injustices would now be put right. For some, this meant the right to rejoin the Communist Party. This article explores how former party members — including many returning from the camps — sought rehabilitation in the years 1956 to 1957. Focusing in particular on the party organization in Vladimir province, the article examines the differing ways POWs and purge victims were treated, and asks how far the decisions made by the party elite in this oblast' reflected central policy or local concerns.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: The University of Sheffield

Publication date: 2008-04-01

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The Review is the oldest British journal in the field, having been in existence since 1922. Edited and managed by the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, it covers not only the modern and medieval languages and literatures of the Slavonic and East European area, but also history, culture, and political studies.