The Thaw (novel)

First UK edition (1955)
Cover art by Lynton Lamb

The Thaw (Russian: Оттепель, Ottepel) is a short novel by Ilya Ehrenburg first published in the spring 1954 issue of Novy Mir.^[1] It coined the name for the Khrushchev Thaw, the period of liberalization following the 1953 death of Stalin. The novel marked a break both from Ehrenburg's earlier purely pro-Soviet work, and from previous ideas about socialist realism.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b von Gelden, James. "1954: The Thaw". Seventeen Moments in Soviet History. Macalester College. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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[Gelden-1] von Gelden, James. "1954: The Thaw". Seventeen Moments in Soviet History. Macalester College. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

[Blois-2] Cite error: The named reference Blois was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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