This book explores how women dissidents in the Soviet Union faced punishments equal to men in psychiatric hospitals, prisons, labour camps and exile, yet their political activism, imprisonment and acts of resistance remain largely overlooked in literature.
The author draws on evidence from the late 1960s, collated by independent human rights groups across the Soviet Union and abroad, including Amnesty International and organizations monitoring the implementation of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. It incorporates personal testimonies of women's experiences of psychiatric detention, imprisonment, labour camps and exile, alongside accounts of women employed by the internal security forces, judiciary and penal apparatus, revealing their roles and motivations as perpetrators of repression.
Soviet Women Dissidents is an essential resource for scholars and students of Soviet history, gender studies, human rights and political activism. It provides unique insights into the intersection of gender and state repression during the late Soviet era.
| ISBN: | 9781041298991 |
| Publication date: | 14th July 2026 |
| Author: | Melanie Ilic |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe |
| Genres: |
European history Gender studies: women and girls Human rights, civil rights |
This book explores how women dissidents in the Soviet Union faced punishments equal to men in psychiatric hospitals, prisons, labour camps and exile, yet their political activism, imprisonment and acts of resistance remain largely overlooked in literature.
The author draws on evidence from the late 1960s, collated by independent human rights groups across the Soviet Union and abroad, including Amnesty International and organizations monitoring the implementation of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. It incorporates personal testimonies of women's experiences of psychiatric detention, imprisonment, labour camps and exile, alongside accounts of women employed by the internal security forces, judiciary and penal apparatus, revealing their roles and motivations as perpetrators of repression.
Soviet Women Dissidents is an essential resource for scholars and students of Soviet history, gender studies, human rights and political activism. It provides unique insights into the intersection of gender and state repression during the late Soviet era.
Soviet Women Dissidents features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Regional / International studies, General and world history, History and Archaeology
Soviet Women Dissidents is available in Hardback
Soviet Women Dissidents was written by Melanie Ilic and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Soviet Women Dissidents has 112 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe series
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