soviet union

A history of Russia, from its founding in the waning years of the tenth century to its resurgence of wealth and power in the early years of the twenty-first, tracing the conundrums of modern Russia to their roots in its troubled past.

Looks at the Soviet Union in the twentieth century, focusing on 'the planned economy' which was going to bring good things that capitalism could never match.

A history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed the individuals who came under its sway.

A personal and political memoir in which the author, principal English interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev and his foreign minister ?duard Shevardnadze, reveals his experiences as an eyewitness to the U.S.-Soviet summit talks that led to the end of the Cold War.

As a series of increasingly bizarre events alter the perfect world of Soviet agent Anatoly Sukhanov, he begins to question the decisions he made more than twenty years ago that lead him away from his artistic lifestyle into a career that thrives on censorship.

The author, ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Reagan administration, shares his memories of the diplomatic negotiations and personal relationship between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that led to the end of the Cold War.

Chronicles the friendship between Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and Josef Stalin, discussing how Stalin used their friendship to exploit Shostakovich's work and mental instabilities and how Shostakovich's compositions were impacted by Stalin's totalitarian rule.

Young film assistant Nikolai Gribshin seizes a chance to transform himself and influence the course of history when he meets scientist Professor Vorobev, and the revolutionist Joseph Stalin while waiting in a remote Russian railway station in 1910 to record the last hours in the life of Leo Tolstoy.

Examines the major historical events of the 1930s as they occurred in the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Britain, Japan, Russia, and Spain, focusing on political and economic circumstances; and tells the stories of some of the people who played significant roles in the decade.

A Ukrainian poet's memoirs of trial and imprisonment in a Soviet hard-labor camp, where he joined a distinguished group of prisoners.