Regulating homosexuality in Soviet Russia, 1956-91

This ground-breaking book challenges the widespread view that sex and homosexuality were unmentionable in the USSR. The Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras (1956–82) have remained obscure and unexplored from this perspective. Drawing on previously undiscovered sources, Alexander fills in this critical gap.

The book reveals that from 1956 to 1991, doctors, educators, jurists and police officers discussed ...