Soviet Everyday Life as Viewed by Yugoslav Diplomats Between 1953 and 1962 Cover Image

Совјетска свакодневица посматрана очима југословенских дипломата 1953–1962. године
Soviet Everyday Life as Viewed by Yugoslav Diplomats Between 1953 and 1962

Author(s): Nenad Ž. Petrović
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Diplomatic history, Political history, Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Politics
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: USSR; society; culture; destalinization; Cold war; Soviet everyday life; Yugoslav diplomats; 1953-1962; death of Stalin;

Summary/Abstract: Based on several reports of the Embassy of FPRY, this paper presents the changes occurring in the social and economic life of the Soviet Union in the decade after the death of Stalin. Yugoslav diplomats, relying on the sympathies of the Russian population for a Slavic country, managed to perceive, in an otherwise suspicious environment, certain changes emerging after 1953. When travelling to the Baltic coast, diplomats noted the national intolerance against the Russians. In the economic sphere, improvement in the standard of living was obvious, in spite of enormous expenditure on armament and space exploration.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 144-166
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Serbian