soviet union

Explores the histories of the U.S. Airborne Forces, the Israeli Parachute Corps, Russian Spetsnaz forces, the British SAS, and the Australian SAS; provides a look at life inside the elite military units; and includes a look at weapons and equipment.

An overview of the land, people, history, and culture of Russia from its earliest days to the present.

Follows the life of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, who became the first head of the Soviet state.

Vasya, a little Russian boy, watches and waits through the seasons for the flax to grow that will be spun and woven into material for his new shirt.

After failing as a novelist and botching his own suicide attempt Sergei Maksudov tries life as a playwrite in Moscow, but things go awry when the egos of actors, the jealousy of the critics, the comunist censors, and other influences take hold over the production.

Traces the history of revolutionary Russia through primary source documents, revealing the events that occurred between 1917 and the 1930s, and including news articles, government documents, memoirs, diaries, photographs, and facsimiles.

Examines the depiction of America by political cartoons in the Soviet Union's newspaper "Pravda" from its founding in 1912 to its final days in 1991, presenting analysis, nearly one hundred cartoon examples, and tables reflecting changing themes and trends.

Contains essays and documents that combine to explain the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and its ruling party, and includes a timeline of key events, biographical profiles, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography.