Soviet Women Dissidents Punishments and Perpetrators

Ilic, Melanie J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-9693 (2026) Soviet Women Dissidents Punishments and Perpetrators. Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe . Routledge. ISBN 9781041298991

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Abstract

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. Ilic 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.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Soviet history; gender studies; human rights; political activism
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Arts, Culture and Environment
Depositing User:	Anne Pengelly
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2026 14:34
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2026 15:07
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/16436

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