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19-6700Moscow USSR: ca. 1974. Three Rolls of 35mm Microfilm in protective canisters. B&W film. Very Good. Canisters of plastic Very Good. Description of contents written by hand on canister lid. Text in Russian. [Moscow, USSR: ca. 1974] unknown
P6161Moscow: Informatsionnyi Tsentr Moskovskogo Narodnogo Fronta 1988. Octavo 19 × 14 cm. Original side-stapled blind card wrappers: 123 pp. Wrappers lightly soiled; some rust to staples. Internally very good or better. This samizdat directory of "amateur socio-political organizations" published by the Moscow People's Front is a remarkable record of the burgeoning civil society in the late Soviet period as well as such phenomena as environmentalism and urban conservation. The Moscow People's Front MNF was founded in June 1988 when members of some forty amateur organizations convened to draft a ratification document and elect a governing body. According to this document "The objective of MNF is to aid in the democratic self-organization of the masses and to fight for socialist renewal of society for a democratic socialism." While the group advocated democracy "freedom of press and speech freedom of public protest" as well as for "a democratic planning of the economy" they saw this reform happening within the framework of socialism and "respect for the principles of socialism" was discussed as being of key significance. MNF further advocated for all government to be given over to "democratically elected Soviets" for labor unions to exist outside of government control and for ecological concerns to be taken seriously in the management of country's natural resources. The organization held weekly protests at Pushkinskaia Square in Moscow throughout the summer of 1988 to draw attention to its goals. This directory of socio-political organizations throughout the Soviet Union was created by MNF in the same year for internal use. <br /> <br /> The first "amateur organisations" sprang up in the Soviet Union in the 1960s during the Thaw. However these were mostly non-political in nature cultural literary scientific or sports clubs. Emboldened by Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost and Perestroika Transparency and Rebuilding the amateur organisations took on an increasingly political bent. In 1986 a new decree "Regulations on Amateur Associations" legalised the registration and functioning of amateur or "informal" associations in the Soviet Union. Observing this movement in 1990 Lyudmila Alekseeva wrote for the Helsinky Watch Committee: "The emergence of so many spontaneous free associations since 1986 is working a fundamental change in Soviet life. What was for so long a grey and mute mass is now speaking out in a chorus of vigorous dissonant voices. A society that was atomized by Stalinist terror has begun to restructure itself. . Nicknamed by the Soviet press as neformaly or "informals" to distingush them from participants in officially organised and controlled bodies these millions of historic preservationists environmentalists political activists nationalists human rights campaigners body-builders pacifists sports fans Afghan war veterans hippies rock-music devotees and others are the grassroots activsts and sometimes the strategists of the new social movements" Neformaly: Civil Society in the USSR. New York: Helsinki Watch 1990. Despite the publicaton of this report the burgeoning of civil society in the late Soviet period was quickly forgotten. It comes to light in this directory.<br /> <br /> The directory is organized by republic and city and each entry gives the name of the organization the organization's focus and objectives as well as a brief history of its formation closing with contact information. Nearly 200 socialist anarchist nature and historical preservation organizations are listed all across the country each ranging in size from just a dozen to hundreds of members. The primary purpose of many of the associations listed in the directory is a kind of whistleblowing. For example the Moscow based "press-club" Glasnost defined its mission as "helping the individuals whose rights are being trampled by local authorities. . The aid is provided by publishing their story in the eponymous journal printed and distributed by the organization." Demokraticheskii Soiuz Democratic Union defined its mission as "opposition to totalitarianism" by organizing events and protests "promoting pluralism." Another Moscow based organization "Narodnyi arkhiv" People's Archive was actively compiling an archive of all manner of Samizdat self-published materials. The Leningrad based Demokratizatsiia profsoiuzov Democratization of Worker's Unions advocated "the creation of worker's unions that would be independent from the state." Arkhangelsk based "Ekologiia severa" Ecology of the north is one of many environmental organizations listed in the directory. The volume closes with organizations with a nationwide presence such as "Memorial" а group for the "preservation of memory of victims of Stalinism" and "providing aid to the victims of Stalinism" headed by the Soviet scientist and dissident activist Andrei Sakharov. Together the organizations in the directory provide a broad overview of the social concerns of Soviet citizens as well as the mechanisms that were available for their organizing. The volume is a remarkable time capsule of the burgeoning civil society in the last years of the Soviet state. Many of the organizations went on to achieve significant results often on the regional level and some of their initiators were to be elected to political positions. <br /> <br /> KVK OCLC show various copies of the first part suggesting that no further issues were published. Scarce in the trade. unknown
F3-7DCZ-SZ1EHardcover. Good. First US edition. Jacket clipped chipped much torn at top of spine. Book has moderate wear bumped top corners clean yellowed pages firm binding owner name in pen Russia scholar Marshall Winokur. hardcover
MR-K5G9-TZAOHardcover. Very Good. Jacket is Good with some wear tear and fading book is VG with some edge-wear pages yellowed with an occasional minor blemish binding firm owner name in pencil Russia scholar Marshall Winokur. hardcover
0484538810.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19-6710Moscow USSR: ca. 1974. Three Rolls of 35mm Microfilm in protective canisters. B&W film. Very Good. Canisters of plastic Very Good. Description of contents written by hand on canister lid. Text in Russian. [Moscow, USSR: ca. 1974] unknown
1994438369PN. New. 1994. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
20021339078PN. New. 2002. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
19-6714Moscow USSR: ca. 1974. Three Rolls of 35mm Microfilm in protective canisters. B&W film. Very Good. Canisters of plastic Very Good. Description of contents written by hand on canister lid. Text in Russian. [Moscow, USSR: ca. 1974] unknown
0304927120.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1962900520UK: Cassell 1962 A clean and tightly bound book. Ex Libris sticker on flyleaf. School stamp on Title page. Cassell hardcover
1978183403New York: Hagstrom 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Hagstrom unknown
60817Fordham University Press In-8-carré 120pp. illustr. Nb-0114 unknown
19901-0823212750Fordham Univ Pr 1990. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 119 pages. 9.00x8.00x0.50 inches. Fordham Univ Pr paperback
1990008346Fordham University Press. Illustrated wraps. . Fine. Soft cover. 1990. Fordham University Press paperback
1665180676.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1665180668.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1982007534New York : Collier Books ; London : Collier MacMillan. DJ in archival cover. with a full number line starting with 1. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1982. New York : Collier Books ; London : Collier MacMillan hardcover
5268013866.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
DADAX52680138660000-00-00. hardcover. Used: Good. hardcover
19573293Moskva : Moskovskii Rbochii 1957. 1957. Hardcover. Fair. 3 pp. 77 color plates. ; 26 x 35 cm. ; LCCN: 58-42668 ; OCLC: 4083672 ; LC: DK601; Dewey: 914.731 ; Photo captions in Russian English French and German ; decorative endpapers ; this copy of the large format color photo guide to Moscow was own ed by one of the members of the US Exhibition to Moscow organized by Clarence Francis the General Foods Corporation special consultant to Eisenhower serving on the committee that supervised the tour in July of 1959. This was the time of the famous "Kitchen Debate" between Khruschev and Nixon ; the previous owner has written "July 1959" on the title page. Nixon's itinerary for that month included his arrival on July 23 his visit to the Chaikovsky St. Market on July 24th followed by Nixon' s tour or Russia which began on July 27th; on this trip Robert Webster of the Rand Corporation suddenly chose to defect to the Soviet Union on July 11 and Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to contact members of the Exhibition while in Russia ; with a few notes by the owner of the book detailing events on the trip particularly to the State Department Store during the first week of July; a very interesting memento of a significant moment at the depth of the Cold War ; one image has been removed and trimmed but laid back in ; FAIR <br/> <br/> [Moskva] : Moskovskii Rbochii, 1957. hardcover
16-2667Moscow Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda 1977. Folio. 108 x 84 cm. Wove Paper with Color Graphics. Moscow Theater Listing for February 1977. Edition of 1750 Copies. Moscow, Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda, 1977. unknown
16-2671Moscow Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda 1977. Folio. 108 x 84 cm. Wove Paper with Color Graphics. Moscow Theater Listing for April 1977. Edition of 1750 Copies. Moscow, Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda, 1977. unknown
16-2666Moscow Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda 1977. Folio. 108 x 84 cm. Wove Paper with Color Graphics. Moscow Theater Listing for February 1977. Edition of 1750 Copies. Moscow, Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda, 1977. unknown
16-2672Moscow Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda 1977. Folio. 108 x 84 cm. Wove Paper with Color Graphics. Moscow Theater Listing for April 1977. Edition of 1750 Copies. Moscow, Russia: Moskovskaja Pravda, 1977. unknown
