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Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR

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Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR - Alexander, Rustam
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In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Rustam Alexander recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were directly affected by those laws, including a na???ve Scottish journalist based in Moscow who dared to write to Stalin in an attempt to save his lover from prosecution, and a homosexual theatre student who came to Moscow in pursuit of a career amid Stalin's harsh repressions and mass arrests. We also meet a fearless doctor in ...

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Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR 2023, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9781526167453

Hardcover