Karetnikov I. Social moods of the Donbass region in 1953-1964.

Dissertation research is devoted to the study of social moods of the Donbass region in years "the thaw". In the course of the scientific status of the main design themes, scientific novelty, methodology and research methods in the scientific circulation for the first time introduced a significant amount of archival sources. As a result of processing of materials 22 retrospective interview were tested method of artificial creation and use of oral testimonies as a source of information. The study traced the dynamics of public moods of the Donbass region during the "thaw", the relationship between the moods of the population with social, political and ideological practitioners in the region. In essence the impact of the official practice of "сommunism building" on the public moods, analyzed the causes of activation and forms of protest moods of the population of the Donbass region in the second half of the 1950s and early 1960s. The practice of the Soviet censorship in the Donbas was considered in the context of the political and ideological control of the confidence of the population. In attempting to refute the common idea of weakening during the "thaw" of the ideological control of the party-State authorities.