Analysis Of You Say You Want A Revolution

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Dean Bowman
Mrs. Johnston
AP European History
2 April 2014
Safonov, Mikhail. "'You Say You Want a Revolution'" History Today 1 Aug. 2003: 46-51. Print.
In the mid-1900’s, communism was in full force throughout Russia. Under Leonid Brezhnev, the communist party had reached new heights and became a dictating power within the Russian state. With this governmental force dominating the lives of each and every citizen, the people of the country were left with little to no freedom. The communist party had, up until the 1960’s, kept a strong hand over the Russian people, suppressing all threats to the establishment. Beginning in the early 1960’, a brand new threat arose in Russia, the arrival of the sensational rock group known as The Beatles. In “’You Say You Want a Revolution’” Mikhail Safonov, a Beatles fan himself, describes his profound proposition that the popular group did more than provide music for the Russian people. The Beatles became an emblem, demonstrating the world outside of Russia. The group inspired ideas, which opposed the ideology of the communist party and in turn playe...

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