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Presents a concise history of the Russian Revolution from 1917 and the rise of Lenin to 1929 and the beginning of the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.

Analyzes the social changes Russia has undergone since 1917, providing an understanding of the dramatic transitions in the country between 1989 and 1991.

Provides a brief overview of the history of Russia from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, features an alphabetical dictionary of notable people, places, and events, and includes a chronology, maps, and an index.

The author presents a Soviet perspective of the Cold War, describing how each of the Soviet leaders from Stalin to Gorbachev contributed to the failure of Communism.

Traces the origins of the Russian Revolution and its execution, and chronicles the lives of the men who made it possible--Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.

Presents overviews of fifteen aspects of the Cold War, including the division of Berlin, the Cuban Missile Crisis, espionage, and the arms race in the 1980s, and includes a time line, a glossary, a "people to know" list, and research and activity ideas.

Explores the fate of the Russian Revolution in the years following Lenin's death, and explains how the Stalinist policies rejected the productive potential of the nationalized planned economy in favor of a corrupt, wasteful bureaucratic system.

Examines the history of the Iron Curtain, the symbolic boundary between democracy and totalitarianism in Europe as a result of the Cold War that existed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II until 1989, providing both American and Soviet perspectives.