2026
book-chapter
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
This chapter investigates the contested memory of perestroika , arguing that its legacy remains unresolved in Russian society and politics. Unlike the 1990s, which have crystallized into a universally negative narrative of chaos and decline, perestroika elicits ambivalence, with fluctuating assessments across …
2026
article
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé, Maxime Duchâteau
This article examines the wave of antiwar petitions that appeared in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Within nine days, nearly a hundred petitions gathered over 1.5 million signatures before repression curtailed the movement. Although they did not affect …
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2026
book-chapter
OpenAlex
Juliette Faure, Guillaume Sauvé
This chapter makes a case against “end-of-ideology” theories, which contend that post-Soviet Russia has transitioned in the 1990s from an ideocratic regime to an “ideological vacuum”. Based on an analysis of the discourses of intellectual and political elites across the political spectrum, …
2025
book-chapter
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
This chapter examines how the Soviet liberal intelligentsia transformed in 1989 from cautious supporters of Mikhail Gorbachev into reluctant political opponents. The chapter follows Andrei Sakharov, who grew disillusioned with Gorbachev's authoritarian tendencies and began to prioritize the question of political power. …
2025
book-chapter
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
This chapter examines the internal tensions within the Democratic Russia coalition during the post-perestroika period, focusing on the forgotten voices advocating for a principled democratic opposition. It contrasts the moral opposition proposed by Yuri Burtin, grounded in personal conscience and responsibility to …
2025
book-chapter
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
This chapter traces the rise of Democratic Russia, a coalition of liberal intellectuals and activists who united in 1990 to confront the Communist Party and lead the democratic movement. Democratic Russia organized mass demonstrations, boosted Boris Yeltsin's political ascent, and facilitated the …
2025
book-chapter
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
This chapter examines the emergence of liberal moralism among Soviet intellectuals during perestroika, highlighting their systemic critique of the USSR's bureaucratic structure. Supported by Mikhail Gorbachev's reformers, liberal thinkers gained prominence through newly uncensored media. They promoted “universal values” like democracy, human …
2025
book-chapter
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
This chapter examines the central role of morality in the early years of perestroika, revealing how Soviet leaders, intellectuals, and reformers linked the perceived moral decay of society—marked by corruption, hypocrisy, and disillusionment—with the need for moral renewal. It explores how Mikhail …
Accès ouvert
2025
article
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
In contemporary Russia, perestroika - the reforms led by Mikhail Gorbachev between 1985 and 1991 - is often seen as synonymous with chaos and the collapse of the state. Yet this article shows that this period remains a contested collective memory, where …
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Accès ouvert
2024
article
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
Fruit d’une série de séminaires initiée en 2016, cet ouvrage collectif propose, « pour la première fois en langue française, une présentation synthétique du phénomène du samizdat » (p. 22). Contrairement à la plupart des travaux antérieurs, souvent circonscrits à un pays …
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2022
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OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
ca
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2022
book-review
OpenAlex
Guillaume Sauvé
ca
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