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Kuromiya, Hiroaki,

Conscience on trial : the fate of fourteen pacifists in Stalin's Ukraine, 1952-1953 / Hiroaki Kuromiya. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps

Trial records translated from the Russian and the Ukrainian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Arrests -- Stalin, religion, and the adventists of Bila Tserkva -- Interrogations (1) -- Interrogations (2) -- Testimonies and confrontations -- The trial -- Appeals and exonerations -- Conclusion and epilogue.

"Conscience on Trial reveals the startling story, kept secret for sixty years, of ordinary citizens caught up in the elaborate machinery of political terror in Stalinist Ukraine. In 1952, fourteen poor, barely literate Seventh-Day Adventists living on the margins of Soviet society were clandestinely tried for allegedly advocating pacifism and adhering to the Saturday Sabbath. The only written records of this trial were sealed in the KGB archives in Kiev, and this harrowing episode has until now been unknown even within the Ukraine. Hiroaki Kuromiya has carefully analyzed these newly discovered documents, and in doing so, reveals a fascinating picture of private life and religious belief under the atheist Stalinist regime. Kuromiya convincingly elucidates the mechanism of the Soviet secret police and explores the minds of non-conformist believers -precursors to the revival of dissidence after Stalin's death in 1953"--Publisher's website.

ISBN: 1442661070 9781442661073

Source: 22573/ctt2jxm1d JSTOR

LCCN: 2012392799

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 20119078139

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--History--Soviet Union--20th century.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--History--Ukraine--20th century.
Pacifists--History--Ukraine--20th century.
Adventists--History--Ukraine--20th century.
Persecution--History--Ukraine--20th century.
Procès (Crimes et délits politiques)--Histoire--Ukraine--20e siècle.
Procès (Crimes et délits politiques)--Histoire--URSS--20e siècle.
Pacifistes--Histoire--Ukraine--20e siècle.
Adventistes--Histoire--Ukraine--20e siècle.
Persécutions--Histoire--Ukraine--20e siècle.
HISTORY--Eastern.--Europe
HISTORY--Former Soviet Republics.--Europe
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
Persecution
Adventists
Pacifists
Politics and government
Trials (Political crimes and offenses)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.
Ukraine--Vie religieuse.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1936-1953.
Soviet Union
Ukraine

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History

LC Class. No.: KLA40.P64 / K87 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 947.708/42