What happened to the Soviet university?

Andrei Amalrik was instructed to alter his dissertation argument that early Russian civilization of Kievan Rus was shaped by Byzantine and Norman influences, rather than Slavic influences. He refused to comply, which led to his expulsion from the university on the grounds of “intellectual nonconformity and for communicating with a Danish scholar with similar views” (Jacoby 1971, cited by Chakseliani 2022). “A few years later, Amalrik was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in Siberia for ‘parasitism’” (Amalrik 1970, cited by Chankseliani 2022).

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Chanturia, G. What happened to the Soviet university?. Int Rev Educ 69, 433–435 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-10021-1

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