from aadyer

A compelling, detailed and on the whole, well written account of the end of the Cold War and he fall of Communism, as well as a study of the power structures in the old Soviet Union and their relationship to Gorbachev, the Communist party and the centre of the Soviet Empire. On the whole, engagin...

from Schmerguls

5280. The Last Empire The Final Days of the Soviet Union, by Serhii Plokhy (read 27 May 2015) This 2014 book by a Ukrainian now a professor at Harvard tells carefully and chronologically of the events from July to December in 1991, covering the Bush-Gorbachev Summit in July, the attempted coup in...

from LeonG

This is a very well researched analysis of the events of July to December 1991 related to the collapse of the Soviet Union. At key points in this narrative, the author explains the historical and political events which led to the decisions made in late 1991 by the primary players in Russia, Ukrai...

from LeonG

This is a very well researched analysis of the events of July to December 1991 related to the collapse of the Soviet Union. At key points in this narrative, the author explains the historical and political events which led to the decisions made in late 1991 by the primary players in Russia, Ukrai...