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AIDS in Soviet Russia : A Story of Deception, Despair and Hope.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Rustam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- HIV infections.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Soviet Union.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- This is the first book to chronicle the history of AIDS in Soviet Russia, detailing the government's denial of the epidemic, its cynical disinformation campaigns, and the human cost of its indifference.
- Contents:
- Part I: Deception
- A mysterious disease
- HIV/AIDS at the World Youth Festival
- The disinformation campaign takes off
- Part II: Despair
- AIDS comes to the USSR
- "Risk groups" at the centre of public attention
- Ignorance, injustice and the struggle for compassion
- The first death and the failing healthcare system
- Part III: Hope
- Out of syringes, out of time?
- Fighting AIDS in perestroika's shadow
- The birth of Soviet queer activism
- Resistance amid the Soviet collapse
- After the fall, the struggle continues
- HIV/AIDS timeline : the USSR and the US.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-8533-4
- 1-5261-8531-8
- 9781526185310
- OCLC:
- 1569674606
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