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
Original writings by Lenin, Tsereteli, and Trotsky enable students to view the causes and conflicts at the root of the revolution, while the insights of contemporary social history add depth to traditional political and personality-based assessments