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Key Points

• The aim is to examine the cultural and sociopolitical experiences of refuseniks in Leningrad during the 1980s.
• Qualitative analysis of historical accounts
• Literature review focusing on refusenik narratives
• Contextualization of sociopolitical climate in Leningrad
• No datasets were generated or analyzed for this article
• Descriptive insights into the life of refuseniks during a critical decade
• In-depth narrative revealing personal and collective struggles against repression