Event

Join us for this free and fascinating lecture presented by author Dr. Benjamin Nathans,  Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.       

In the 1960s a group of mostly obscure Russian intellectuals developed a new strategy for helping to undermine the Soviet Union.  These brave women and men demanded that the government respect and honor its own laws. To this end, they signed petitions, organized meetings that the Soviet regime had not approved, and hand-typed copies of banned works from hand to hand.
Participating in these activities required great personal courage, because if arrested, the dissidents could face savage attacks in the official media, long sentences in either labor camps or psychiatric hospitals, and the possibility of permanent exile. 

Dr. Benjamin Nathans is a gifted communicator who specializes in Russian history from the time of the czars to the reign of Vladimir Putin. In researching his latest work, he drew on letters, diaries and the official interrogation logs of the KGB. 

While this program is free, advance registration is suggested.
To register, please email Dick Levinson at: levinsonr@freelibrary.org

From the Free Library of Philadelphia website