The Disintegration of the Soviet Union

This book tells the dramatic story of the unexpected disintegration of the Soviet Union. The author draws on a wide range of sources to illustrate the growth of national awareness among the many subject peoples, partly promoted by the actions of the communists themselves. He concludes that, the efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev to reform the state he initially controlled, undermined and eventually destroyed the mechanisms that held the non-Russians in check.

Autorentext

BEN FOWKES

Inhalt
Preface - List of Abbreviations - The Nations of the Russian Empire - The Evolution of Soviet National Policy: the Epoch of Indigenisation -Stalin and After: the Interplay of Modernisation and Russification - The Corporatist Compromise and the Varieties of National Resistance - Mikhail Gorbachev and the Rising Tide of National Unrest - The Exploding Soviet Galaxy - The Failure of the August Coup - Appendix: Statistical Tables - Notes - Bibliographical Note - Index