title: “The Multi-Party System should be Socialist…”: Letters of Russian Citizens to the Government as Historical Landmarks about the Political Consciousness of Russians in 1989
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metadata.value: Popova, O. D.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-02-07T07:45:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-02-07T07:45:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.value: Popova O. D. ‘“The Multi-Party System should be Socialist…”: Letters of Russian Citizens to the Government as Historical Landmarks about the Political Consciousness of Russians in 1989’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 9, no. 4, 2019, pp. 1028–1041.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2019.412
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17040
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metadata.value: The article analyzes the peculiarities of Soviet people’s understanding of a multi-party system in 1989.
  The article analyzes some previously unpublished letters of Russian citizens, kept in the Yeltsin Fund of the State
  Archive of the Russian Federation. These letters are addressed to Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Soviet
  newspapers. In 1989, popular attitudes were shaped by political activities, such as preparations for the election
  of the First Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union, the election itself, and the First Congress of People’s
  Deputies of the Soviet Union itself. Soviet people only vaguely understood the functions of political parties
  and had no clear idea of such notions as multi-party systems, political freedom, etc. The analysis of these letters
  shows that Soviet citizens were dissatisfied with the Communist Party and how it ruled the country. However, due
  to Soviet agitation, people believed in creating a socialist society and hoped to create an alternative Socialist Party.
  The authors of these letters insisted that the new party should see to it that the Communist Party of the Soviet
  Union focused on political issues and did not interfere with other spheres of people’s lives. They also demanded
  that the number of party officials should be considerably reduced. Some citizens were against any party, associating
  them with inevitable dictatorship. The article maintains that Russian civil society could be built only if Russian
  people had correct ideas of what a multi-party system is and what role political parties play in society.
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metadata.value: The research is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) “The Evolution of Values and
  Ideas of a Civil Society within the Framework of Russian Social Consciousness” (No 18-09-00130\18).
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 9; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: public consciousness
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: civil society
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: multiparty system
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: appeals to the government
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: party officials
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: administrative-command system
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: perestroika
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: “The Multi-Party System should be Socialist…”: Letters of Russian Citizens to the Government as Historical Landmarks about the Political Consciousness of Russians in 1989
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metadata.value: Article
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