SOVIET CITIZENS’ REACTION TO THE USSR’S ACTIONS IN THE SIX-DAY WAR OF 1967

Abstract

As a result of studying the archive documents in the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History, several most prevalent points of view of Soviet citizens about the USSR’s actions in the Six-day war of 1967 were identified. They vary in the degree of loyalty: from full approval of government actions to direct calls on Soviet citizens to provide military support to one of the sides in the conflict. All eight points of view which are considered in this paper are supported by relevant documented opinions and quotations from the letters. In spite of the Soviet mass media’s attempts to form the idea of a unanimous public support of the government in those events, the author doesn’t consider it to be trustworthy.