The Challenges to Social Control in Brezhnev’s Soviet Union, 1964-1982
- 作者: Sinitsyn F.L.1
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- State University of Land Use Management
- 期: 卷 20, 编号 1 (2021): History of relations with the center and national regions of Russia
- 页面: 160-173
- 栏目: ARTICLES
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2312-8674/article/view/321845
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8674-2021-20-1-160-173
- ID: 321845
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This article examines the development of social control in the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev, who was General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982. Historians have largely neglected this question, especially with regard to its evolution and efficiency. Research is based on sources in the Russian State Archive of Modern History (RGANI), the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (RGASPI) and the Moscow Central State Archive (TSGAM). During Brezhnev’s rule, Soviet propaganda reached the peak of its development. However, despite the fact that authorities tried to improve it, the system was ritualistic, unconvincing, unwieldy, and favored quantity over quality. The same was true for political education, which did little more than inspire sullen passivity in its students. Although officials recognized these failings, their response was ineffective, and over time Soviet propaganda increasingly lost its potency. At the same time, there were new trends in the system of social control. Authorities tried to have a foot in both camps - to strengthen censorship, and at the same time to get feedback from the public. However, many were afraid to express any criticism openly. In turn, the government used data on peoples’ sentiments only to try to control their thoughts. As a result, it did not respond to matters that concerned the public. These problems only increased during the “era of stagnation” and contributed to the decline and subsequent collapse of the Soviet system.
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Fedor Sinitsyn
State University of Land Use Management
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Doktor Istoricheskikh Nauk [Dr. habil. hist.], Associate Professor at the De-partment of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines
15 Kazakova St., Moscow, 105064, Russia参考
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