An expansion and recasting of the observations made by 9 members of the Yomiuri Task Force who visited Communist China in 1966 and 1967
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