Presents a biennial outline and analysis of developments in the Soviet Union. Covering the period 1989-1990, the book examines the political, economic, social and ethnic changes during these years. It includes a chronology of major events.
Dmitrii Sergeevich Likhachev is in the forefront of the movement for greater openness in Soviet history and literature. This book contains Likhachev's "Zametki O Russkom" and a selection of his contemporary essays, reflecting the debates in the Soviet Union unleashed by glasnost
This account of Russian and Soviet history from ancient Kievan "Rus" to the present day has been completely updated to include the dramatic changes in the Soviet Union and its foreign policy during Gorbachev's first five years in office.
The fourth edition of this text on the collapse of Soviet communism takes the story up to Yeltsin's referendum victory
This book is intended to fill the need for up-to-date material on the Gorbachev era and to provide scholars and students with source materials and interpretations not available in standard texts. The book will be revised and updated to take account of rapidly changing events