The Ambassadors and America's Soviet Policy

Religion, State and Politics in the Soviet Union and Successor States
Making use of newly-available archival material, this book provides the first systematic and accessible overview of church-state relations in the Sovi...

Soviet Nationality Policy, Urban Growth, and Identity Change in the Ukrainian SSR 1923-1934
This book analyzes the precarious relationship between Soviet legitimacy building and the consequences of rapid industrial development in the Ukranian...

The Russian Navy - Myth and Reality
The modern Russian Navy has come a long way since its humiliating defeat at the hands of Admiral Togo at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japan...

History of Belarus
In September 1939, as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union invaded Poland and annexed its eastern lands, including most Polish-he...

Red Ladies in Waiting
When Mikhail Sergeyevieh Gorbachev came as power as Secretary General of the Communis Party after the death of Chernevkov during early 1985. none of t...