A collection of documents and essays that examine the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union during the Gorbachev era, addressing economic and technological changes and resurgence of nationalism and ethnic conflicts.
Discusses the events after the overthrow of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, when the Communist Party, led by Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin, began a repressive and violent government that led to starvation, the formation of labor camps, and the Cold War.
A history of Russia, covering a period that ranges from the origins of the Kievan state to the post-Gorbachev era, with information on geography, economy, and cultural, political, and military events.
A history of twentieth-century Russia, focusing on the politics, society, economics, and culture of the communist years between 1917 and 1991, and looking at the surviving elements of communist order in post-Soviet Russia.
Discusses the collapse of the Soviet empire, its leaders, the restoration of truth and the people searching for more truths, and the free and independent press.
