Soviet Dissidents: Their Struggle for Human Rights

by Joshua Rubenstein

Traces the history of recent Soviet dissent through the stories of several human rights activists who repeatedly risk arrest by demonstrating in public, supporting fellow dissidents on trial, and circulating alternative, underground newspapers

Genres: Russia

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Joshua Rubenstein is an associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. He was a staff member of Amnesty International USA from 1975 to 2012. He lives in Brookline, MA.