soviet union

Profusely illustrated text discusses the campaigns and battles between German and Russian forces in 1942, when the Russians successfully defended Stalingrad and won their first offensive campaign of World War II.

Traces the experiences of Leo Auberg, who, after five torturous years in a post-war Soviet Union labor camp, succumbs to a hallucinatory existence where hunger and everyday objects take on anthropomorphic qualities.

Follows four generations of the Alliluyevs, from the 1860s to the present day, with personal accounts by the dictator's descendants.

Ken Alibek tells about his experiences as head of the Soviet biological weapons program, and shares the secrets of what was really going on in the heavily guarded Russian laboratories.

A biography of the Soviet leader, focusing on his formative years in Soviet Georgia, his rise to the top of the Communist party, and his leadership during World War II.

In 1956, after the death of Stalin, a secret letter composed by Khrushchev is sent throughout the nation, promising change for the Soviet Union while Leo Demidov, working as a homicide detective, becomes a target of vengeance due to his past career as an MGB officer.

Surveys the history of the Soviet Union through the exploits and achievements of the seven men who were its leaders from 1917 to 1991; Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Studies the pattern of Gorbachev's actions from earliest boyhood to his position as the primary agent..

An account of an American hockey player's year spent playing hockey for Sokol Kiew.