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Soviet Jews & Dissidents: A Complex Relationship

In this segment from The Long View, historian Ben Nathans reflects on one of the most significant human rights outcomes of the postwar period: the emigration of roughly a quarter million Jews from the Soviet Union between the late 1960s and late 1970s. Nathans examines the layered relationship between the Jewish national movement, the campaign for emigration, and the broader Soviet dissident movement. He notes the prominent role played by activists of Jewish background within dissident networks, particularly among those who publicly challenged the Soviet state through petitions and open letters calling for the rule of law. The discussion situates Soviet Jewish emigration within wider debates about human rights, dissent, and political mobilization under late Soviet rule, highlighting how emigration activism intersected with, but was not identical to, the dissident movement as a whole. This segment is part of The Long View, the Kennan Institute’s series on history, ideas, and long-term perspectives on Russia and the Post-Soviet states.