Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union - 1917-1991

Chapter 1. August 1991. Dramatic scenes from Foros. Gorby comes back to Moscow and finds Yeltsin has taken over. This chapter covers August-December 1991 and the demise of the Soviet Union. Why did it all happen?                                         Chapter 2. Twelve Reasons Why the Soviet Union Collapsed                              Chapter 3. The Revolution 1917-1921                                                                  Chapter 4. The New Economic Policy 1920s                                                                  Chapter 5. The 1930s Chapter 6. The Great Fatherland War 1941-45 Chapter 7. High Stalinism 1945-53 Chapter 8 Khrushchev Era Chapter 9 Brezhnev Era Chapter 10 Gorbachev Era Chapter 11. What Has Changed? Yeltsin and Putin  

Product details

• Authors: Martin Mccauley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2007
• EAN: 9780582784659
• ISBN: 978-0-582-78465-9
• No. of pages: 552
• Series: Longman History of Russia
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries