1917-1991, soviet union

Historian Melvyn P. Leffler discusses the rapid demise of communism in the Soviet Union in 1990, and investigates the reasons why previous attempts by U.S. and Soviet leaders to end the cold war failed.

Recounts the experiences of Shukhov, a prisoner at a Soviet work camp in Siberia, as he struggles for survival.

A biography of the tsar who began the transformation of Russia into a modern state in the last seventeenth - early eighteenth centuries.

A brilliant chronicle of Russian history from its ancient beginnings to the present day.--Cover.

Examines the modern political history and current economic, social, religious and cultural problems of each country.

Introduces the lives of Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Elena Bonner, against a background of Russian history, especially since the 1917 Revolution. Discusses how Dr. Sakharov's and his wife's outspoken ideas and activities ran afoul of the authorities and the punishments they have endured for upholding the cause of human rights.

Traces the history of Russia through a collection of nearly thirty primary and secondary sources, looking at ancient Russia through the Mongol invasion, czarist Russia, revolutionary times, the Soviet Union, and modern challenges.