Abstract
A quarter of a century has passed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A whole generation has been raised during this time in all the states belonging to the former USSR or the Eastern European ‘real socialist’ bloc. Tremendous social change has taken place in economic systems and in political governance in these states. The daily lives of ordinary people have changed rapidly in these countries during this period. We consider that individuals have changed psychologically in response to these social and cultural changes (Berry, 1980). In particular, we can assume that the values and identities of individuals in these countries have changed dramatically during this period.
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The term ‘real socialism’ or “actually existing socialism” was introduced during the Brezhnev era to label the political system in the Soviet sphere. It was chosen to describe the current forms of governance in the Soviet sphere, implicitly acknowledging that there are sizable but legitimate differences between the socialist rule that actually exists and utopian socialist or communist models of society. Throughout this chapter, the term ‘real socialist’ will be enclosed in single quotes to signal that the term is not meant to imply anything like “true socialism.”
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CPSU: English abbreviation for Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Lebedeva, N., Dimitrova, R., Berry, J.W., Boehnke, K. (2018). Introduction. In: Lebedeva, N., Dimitrova, R., Berry, J. (eds) Changing Values and Identities in the Post-Communist World . Societies and Political Orders in Transition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72616-8_1
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