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The Fall of the Soviet Union, 1991

Susan Sales Harkins and William H. Harkins

Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Nov. 1, 2007)

Soviet history begins with bloodshed, oppression, and strife. Civil War stained the Russian landscape with the blood of its people after Nicholas II abdicated his throne to a provisional gov-ernment. The Bolsheviks wanted Russia, and eventually they took her. Peasants became citizens with rights, but the truth is, the civil war only changed the name of their oppressor from czar to Communist dictator. After decades of isolation and sometimes harsh living conditions, Mikhail Gorbachev ushered in an age of reform, but in doing so, he made enemies. Then, Boris Yeltsin championed reform and the rights of the people. When Communist hard-liners made one last effort to regain control, Yeltsin held his ground. Unlike its birth, the death of the Soviet Union saw little bloodshed. After seventy years, even the Communist hard-liners no longer had the stomach for killing their citizens to keep control. The union dissolved in 1991.

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The Fall of the Soviet Union

Miles Harvey

Library Binding (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1995)

A portrait of the Soviet Union describes how communists came to power, renewed hope for the future with perestroika and glasnost under Gorbachev, the end of the cold war, the Soviet Union's collapse, and the outlook for the future

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The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

Laurie Stoff

Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 15, 2004)

Presents a collection of primary and secondary documents offering varying opinions on the Soviet Union.

The Fall of the Soviet Union

Miles Harvey

Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1995)

A portrait of the Soviet Union describes how communists came to power, renewed hope for the future with perestroika and glasnost under Gorbachev, the end of the cold war, the Soviet Union's collapse, and the outlook for the future

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The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

Michael Kort

Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Dec. 1, 1992)

A history of the Soviet Union which begins with the conditions leading up to the revolution of 1917 and concludes with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

Cause & Effect: The Fall of the Soviet Union

Hal Marcovitz

Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2015)

The Fall of the Soviet Union occurred after decades of economic chaos and a nuclear arms race with the West. This title begins with a brief history of the Soviet Union's collapse and then examines key questions.

The Rise of The Soviet Union

Thomas Streissguth

Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Dec. 11, 2001)

Essays by experts in the field discuss the political trends and consequences of the period, including social and economic aspects, pivotal leaders, and the long term cultural ramifications.