The Good People
Loyalty and Betrayal in Moscow’s House of Government, 1937–1938
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6016076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuri Slezkine (0000-0001-8700-0609, University of Latvia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 9/10 |
| Pages | 80-98 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls Vēsture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2500-9621 • E-ISSN: 2592-9593 |
| Publisher | University of Latvia (PUBLISHER • LV) |
| DOI | 10.22364/luzv.9.10.04 |
| OpenAlex | W3137250850 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This essay is an abridged and revised excerpt from the book The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution. It deals with the reactions to mass arrests of 1937–1938 within the House of Government in Moscow, including silence, vigilance, book-burning, soul-searching, and self-sacrifice. The central questions have to do with the puzzle of what constituted moral behavior, what was meant by loyalty and betrayal, and who, and why, could be considered a “good person
Aesthetics · Art · Betrayal · Government (linguistics · Loyalty · Political science · Sacrifice · Silence · Sociology · Soul · Theology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European history and politics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |