
The Soviet Sixties
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Narrated by:
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Peter Noble
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By:
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Robert Hornsby
The story of a remarkable era of reform, controversy, optimism, and Cold War confrontation in the Soviet Union
Beginning with the death of Stalin in 1953, the "sixties" era in the Soviet Union was just as vibrant and transformative as in the West. The ideological romanticism of the revolutionary years was revived, with renewed emphasis on egalitarianism, equality, and the building of a communist utopia. Mass terror was reined in, great victories were won in the space race, Stalinist cultural dogmas were challenged, and young people danced to jazz and rock and roll.
Robert Hornsby examines this remarkable and surprising period, showing that, even as living standards rose, aspects of earlier days endured. Censorship and policing remained tight, and massacres during protests in Tbilisi and Novocherkassk, alongside invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia, showed the limits of reform. The rivalry with the United States reached perhaps its most volatile point, friendship with China turned to bitter enmity, and global decolonization opened up new horizons for the USSR in the developing world. These tumultuous years transformed the lives of Soviet citizens and helped reshape the wider world.
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Flawed to be sure, even from the inception of the state, and its subsequent factionalization, and notable reliance on a destructive cult of personality in most of its formative years. But in this book, there's a sense that perhaps the system was not inevitably flawed as most capitalists would have you believe (particularly given the sabotage wrought by those same people). No more than it was inevitable to succeed as the hardcore supporters pontificated. Overall, a quite enlightening book.
P.S. I know these days, the ability for grasping figurative language and literary allusion is waning, but I had no trouble understanding that, by "Soviet Sixties",the author was alluding to a time of change and vitality, pushback and strife, in a sense that Westerners would comprehend, not *literally* the 1960s. But considering that the author *spelled it out* in the introduction, yet some reviewer still doesn't understand, makes me wonder what was that person listening to, all that time?😉
Fascinating and eye-opening history
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This is a great book. Seems like the nonfiction counterpart to the fictional book, Red Plenty - which covered similar topics but in nonfiction form in a series of short vignettes.
Comprehensive and Emtertaining
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very much worth a listen.
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Should be titled Soviet Fifties
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It’s actually interesting.
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Excellent Narration Of A Good Nonfiction Book
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