两位作者是苏联持不同政见者中有代表性的人物。若列斯·亚·麦德维杰夫是生物学博士，从事遗传学和老年学的研究。他于1972年离苏移居国外。1973年8月，苏联最高苏维埃主席团鉴于他“进行了侮辱苏联公民称号的活动”，取消了他的苏联国籍。罗伊·亚·麦德维杰夫是莫斯科的一个教育工作者，历史学家。他的长篇著作也曾在西方发表。

两位作者是苏联持不同政见者中有代表性的人物。若列斯·亚·麦德维杰夫是生物学博士，从事遗传学和老年学的研究。他于1972年离苏移居国外。1973年8月，苏联最高苏维埃主席团鉴于他“进行了侮辱苏联公民称号的活动”，取消了他的苏联国籍。罗伊·亚·麦德维杰夫是莫斯科的一个教育工作者，历史学家。他的长篇著作也曾在西方发表。

Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union explores the nature of political protest in the USSR during the decade following the death of Stalin. Using sources drawn from the archives of the Soviet Procurator's office, the Communist Party, the Komsomol and elsewhere, Hornsby examines the emergence of underground groups, mass riots and public attacks on authority...(展开全部)

Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union explores the nature of political protest in the USSR during the decade following the death of Stalin. Using sources drawn from the archives of the Soviet Procurator's office, the Communist Party, the Komsomol and elsewhere, Hornsby examines the emergence of underground groups, mass riots and public attacks on authority...(展开全部)

Almost twenty years after the Soviet Unions' end, what are we to make of its existence? Was it a heroic experiment, an unmitigated disaster, or a viable if flawed response to the modern world? Taking a fresh approach to the study of the Soviet Union, this Very Short Introduction blends political history with an investigation into the society and culture at the time. Stephen Lo...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Review "...a splendid work, a breathtaking synthesis that is at once erudite and accessible, illuminating and a pleasure to read." Daniel J. Kevles "Loren Graham's informative history...leaves one wondering how science could function at all....The remaining, very open, question is: How well will a newly freed Russian science survive the removal of the Soviet h...(展开全部)

By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed for many years in order to fill that gap in our knowledge is a history of Russian and Soviet science written for the educated person who would like to read one book on the subject. This book has been written for that re...(展开全部)