Mobilizing Maidan: Civil Societies in Russia and Ukraine on the Eve of the Soviet Collapse
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- Abstract
- This thesis examines the differences between Ukrainian and Russian civil societies between 1985 and 1991. Contributing to a field of study on pre-collapse civil societies, this thesis attempts to explain why Ukraine and Russia took different paths after the Soviet Union’s dissolution. That is, why Ukraine saw two popular revolutions against unpopular, dictatorially-inclined leaders, and Russian civil society continues to live under Putin’s regime. Using KGB archives and contemporary social surveys, this study presents a comparison of each country’s civil society during Gorbachev’s reforms, finding two crucial differences. First, Russia’s civil society lacked a nationally evocative movement, impeding it from unification, whereas Ukraine’s developed rapidly after Chernobyl, unifying under anti-Soviet sentiment. Second, Russia’s status as the “ruler” resulted in the development of anti-Moscow attitudes among Ukrainians, but also inhibited the formation of its civil society. This thesis explains why and how these trends came to be in the Gorbachev era.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | [ca. June 2023] |
| Publication date | June 12, 2023; June 9, 2023 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Novikov, Daria |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor | Stoner, Kathryn |
| Thesis advisor | Grzymala-Busse, Anna |
Subjects
| Subject | Civil society |
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| Subject | Ukraine |
| Subject | Perestroĭka |
| Subject | Glasnost |
| Subject | 1985-1991 |
| Subject | Russia |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Novikov, D. (2023). Mobilizing Maidan: Civil Societies in Russia and Ukraine on the Eve of the Soviet Collapse. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/hn006vg9634. https://doi.org/10.25740/hn006vg9634.
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Masters Theses in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
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