the fate of fourteen pacifists in Stalin's Ukraine, 1952-1953 Kuromiya, Hiroaki. creator text bibliography biography Electronic books. onc Toronto Buffalo University of Toronto Press c2012 2012 monographic eng rus ukr

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1 online resource (x, 212 p.) : ill., maps "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. 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. Hiroaki Kuromiya. Trial records translated from the Russian and the Ukrainian. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-un--- e-ur--- Trials (Political crimes and offenses) Soviet Union History 20th century Trials (Political crimes and offenses) Ukraine History 20th century Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953 Pacifists Ukraine History 20th century Adventists Ukraine History 20th century Procès (Crimes et délits politiques) Ukraine Histoire 20e siècle Procès (Crimes et délits politiques) URSS Histoire 20e siècle Ukraine Vie religieuse URSS Politique et gouvernement 1936-1953 Pacifistes Ukraine Histoire 20e siècle Adventistes Ukraine Histoire 20e siècle Persécutions Ukraine Histoire 20e siècle HISTORY / Europe / Eastern HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union KLA40.P64 K87 2012eb 947.708/42 Kuromiya, Hiroaki. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2012 (DLC) 2012392799 (OCoLC)761459473 (DLC) 2012392799 1442661070 (electronic bk.) 9781442661073 (electronic bk.) 22573/ctt2jxm1d JSTOR http://www.deslibris.ca/ID/438705 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10573343 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2ttsn4 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682901 http://celarc.ca/covers/438/438705.jpg http://www.deslibris.ca/ID/438705 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10573343 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2ttsn4 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682901 http://celarc.ca/covers/438/438705.jpg YDXCP 120709 20200709060037.0 ocn798903000