Dewhirst, Martin

K grazhdanam Sovetskogo Soiuza! (Manifest) [To the Citizens of the Soviet Union! (A Manifesto)]

London: Overseas Publications Interchange Ltd, 1987. Item #1467

39 pages.16 cm. Cover design by Andrzej Krauze. First Russian edition printed in West Germany.

This anonymously authored samizdat-style manifesto was first published in Russian in London during the Gorbachev era. Written shortly after the Chernobyl disaster, the work reflects the disillusionment of Soviet intellectuals with the regime's opacity, ideological rigidity, and moral decline. The preface by British Sovietologist Martin Dewhirst (University of Glasgow) underscores the urgency of wide public dissemination, especially in the wake of the Soviet government's failure to reform.

Price: $30.00