soviet union

Studies the pattern of Gorbachev's actions from earliest boyhood to his position as the primary agent..

Woves personal narratives into a Tolstoyan epic of Russia in the twentieth century.

A high-ranking Soviet official tells of his life as a diplomat and a reluctant spy, and of life at the top of the Soviet power structure before defecting to the U.S.

Presents personal impressions of many ordinary individual Russians, as formed by David K. Shipler, former Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.