| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Nations of the Russian Empire -- 1917 revolutions : the empire breaks up -- 1919 : sovereign Soviet republics -- The Moslem nations -- National contracts with the non-Russians -- The national contract torn up -- Between Hitler and Stalin -- Stalin's last years : the terror against nations -- Towards a partial restoration of the national contract -- Khrushchev changes course again -- Brezhnev and Kosygin make their mark -- Forging the Soviet people -- Acceleration amid 'stagnation' -- Andropov and Chernenko keep up the pressure -- Gorbachev and the advent of glasnost' -- Glasnost' but no perestroika -- Crisis in the empire -- Waiting for Gorbachev. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [412]-417) and index. |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations.
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Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-
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| Added Author |
Swoboda, Victor.
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| ISBN |
0029224012: $29.95 |
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