1917-1991, soviet union

Mayme and her family with other Finnish Americans migrated to Russia in 1934 with the promise of a worker's paradise.

Text and illustrations present a factual overview and analysis of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, discussing the Communist triumph, the Soviet Union, and world communism. Also includes a glossary, time line, and further-reading list.

Inspired by the diaries of Anne Frank, Raimonda records her journey to America via Europe with her family. Presents the transition from the nightmarish world of Soviet Russia to her bewilderments, challenges, and achievments in America.

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.

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

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.

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.