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There are 7 item(s) tagged with the keyword "dissidence".

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1. Life Impacts Art

Two female Russian artists discuss how their life and work has been impacted by Russia's Ukraine War.

Tags: emotional experience, psychology, war in ukraine, war in ukraine, anti-war, dissidence, protest, artists, art
2. Review

In which we review a book on dissidents, and a novel about literary envy.

Tags: literature, dissidence
3. Whatever it is, we're against it

If you believe the papers, Russia is in the grips of протестное настроение, which literally means a mood for protest, but which might be better translated as “loaded for bear.”

Tags: dissidence, protest
4. A State of Repression

"Russia's strict state, with a harsh, or, more exactly, cruel law enforcement system... has raised a generation of citizens to match."

Tags: demonstrations, Arkhangelsk, terrorism, dissidence
5. When Artists Get on Board with Russian Protest

As opposition protests rock Moscow, we look at how contemporary artists have interpreted the actions of Russia's riot police.

Tags: omon, moscow, music, art, dissidence, protest
6. The Many Homelands of Sergei Parajanov

Start with an Armenian base, drop in some Tbilisi, some Moscow, some Kiev, stir in amazing cinematography and strong political convictions, season with a Siberian labor camp – and voila! You're getting close to the legendary filmmaker Sergei Parajanov.

Tags: film, ussr, soviet union, sergei parajanov, traditions, cinema, dissidence
By Eugenia Sokolskaya
7. The Case Against Brodsky

The secret transcript (in Russian) of Joseph Brodsky's show trial in a St. Petersburg court, at which he was sentenced to 5 years (later reduced to 18 months) of hard labor in the North. Short portions of the transcript are often cited, but this full transcript offers a vivid look at the Kafkaesque Soviet system of justice.

Tags: brodsky, poetry, dissidence
By Frida Vigdorova

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