soviet union

Discusses the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transfomation of Russia into a modern, highly literate, urban society through the life stories of the country's baby boomer generation, using interviews from men and women who graduated from high school in 1967 from two magnet secondary schools that offered intensive instruction in English.

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.

Discusses the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and the tensions between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev.

Jonah, thirteen, and Katherine, eleven, travel through time to 1918 Russia just as Alexei, Anastasia, and the rest of Tsar Nicholas II's family is about to be executed. Author's note includes facts about the Romanovs and the mystery surrounding their deaths.