Softening without Liberalization in the Soviet Union: The Case of Juri Kukk

by Rein Taagepera

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Examines the case of Soviet Estonian chemistry professor Juri Kukk, who died in prison three years after resigning from the Communist party. The author hypothesizes that Kukk's story illustrates how the Soviet regime has lately become dangerously erratic by becoming more hesitant in its acts without becoming more liberal in its outlook.
  • ISBN10 0819138002
  • ISBN13 9780819138002
  • Publish Date 22 February 1984
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 7 June 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University Press of America
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 254
  • Language English