"I'd rather not write about it anymore": The Great Purge and Victims' Children. An Analysis of the Diaries of Two Teenage Komsomol Members Cover Image

"Больше писать не хочется": Большой террор и дети репрессированных. Опыт рассмотрения дневников двух юных комсомольцев
"I'd rather not write about it anymore": The Great Purge and Victims' Children. An Analysis of the Diaries of Two Teenage Komsomol Members

Author(s): Artem Kravchenko
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Центр независимых социологических исследований (ЦНСИ)
Keywords: History of Childhood; Stalinism; Political Repressions; Great Purge; Diaries; Soviet Man; Victims of Terror; Soviet Utopia

Summary/Abstract: Based on the analysis of the diaries of two Soviet teenagers whose parents were victims of Stalinist repressions, this essay attempts to evaluate how the authors of the diaries processed their traumatic experiences and to what extent these experiences affected their identity.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 122-135
  • Page Count: 14