The Soviet Era: From Lenin to Yeltsin

Prologue: A Revolution in the Soviet Union.

Part I: The Growth and Decay of the Soviet Union:.

1. The Bolshevik Revolution Triumphs.

2. Stalinism - the Regime Bloodily Consolidated.

3. Stalin's Successors - Change and Stagnation.

4. The Surge of Reform.

Part II: From Party Power to Presidential Government:.

5. Soviet Government Transformed.

6. The Decline and Fall of the CPSU.

7. Political Action from the People.

Part III: Economic and International Cataclysm:.

8. Economic Disaster.

9. From Superpower to Supplicant.

10. Military Confusion.

Part IV: Fifteen New Republics:.

11. The Nationalities Reject the Union.

12. Russia and Belarus Accept the Inevitable.

13. Ukraine and Moldova Break Free.

14. The Baltic Republics Regain Independence.

15. Central Asia - Independence Thrust Upon Them.

16. The Caucasus Fights.

Epilogue - The Future.

Appendices.

Further Reading.

References.