Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2021. № 3 (39). P. 165—173
HISTORICAL SCIENCES
UDC 94(470.56)“1991”
Lyubichankovskiy Sergey Valentinovich, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
Orenburg State Pedagogical University
“…IT’S NOT OKAY IN THE SOVIET KINGDOM”: 1991 IN THE DIARIES OF L. N. BOLSHAKOV
Abstract
The article systematizes and analyzes the diary entries of the honorary citizen of the city of Orenburg, scientist and public figure Leonid Naumovich Bolshakov, concerning his perception of the changes that took place in the Soviet Union at the end of its existence — in 1991. The atmosphere of the last Soviet year, which developed for L. N. Bolshakov by disappointment from the economic devastation, political uncleanliness of the authorities, moral decay and powerlessness to change anything, is being reconstructed. Specific examples of the facts and processes that most tragically influenced Bolshakov’s worldview in 1991 are given.
Key words
Diaries, Leonid Naumovich Bolshakov, everyday life, intelligentsia, historical source, the Soviet Union, collapse of the USSR.
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Lyubichankovskiy S. V. “…It’s not okay in the Soviet kingdom”: 1991 in the diaries of L. N. Bolshakov. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2021, no. 3 (39), pp. 165—173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2021.39.12.