soviet union

Twelve-year-old Lena comes to live with her eccentric grandfather in a small Russian town and finds herself mocked and persecuted by a gang of her classmates at her new school.

Presents multiple views on the history of the Bolshevik Revolution that occurred from 1917 to 1921.

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

Examines the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes, describing how the killings were more widespread than many believed, and explores how those crimes influenced other events in modern history.

Details Stalin's reign as the leader of the Soviet Union, focusing on his network of concentration camps, the Gulag.

Examines the uneasy alliance between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin throughout World War II, and describes how the three Allied leaders came together to defeat a common enemy and how that partnership led to the Cold War after 1945.

A two-volume set containing articles from the "New York Times" which trace the development and profile key events and figures of the Cold War.

Drawing on original interviews and declassified documents, examines the behind-the-scenes story of the early space race between the Soviet Union and the U.S., the U-2 spy planes, and the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite.

Chronicles the history of the Soviet concentration camp system--the Gulag--examining its creation, its purposes, the process of prisoner arrest and trial, daily life in the camps, and the reasons the Gulag is not a prominent topic in history.