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Trotsky

a graphic biography
2009
A graphic novel that depicts the controversial life of Leon Trotsky, a Bolshevik and Marxist theorist, describing his involvement in the Russian Revolution, his multiple imprisonments and exiles, and related topics.

Stalin's great purge

2013
Provides historical background on Stalin's purges and explores controversies surrounding the purges. It offers first hand accounts from those who experienced the effects of Stalin's purges.

The Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet Union

1994
Provides information about history, geography, population, religions, arts, science, daily life, sports and recreation, as well as the political, social, economic and military structure.

The rise of the Soviet Union

2002
Eighteen essays provide information on the Russian Revolution of October 1917 and its aftermath, the creation of the USSR, the growth of Soviet socialism, and the relationship of the Soviet Union with the world. Also includes a glossary, a chronology, and a selected bibliography.

The rise and fall of the Soviet Union

2006
Presents a collection of eighteen essays that debate the Russian monarchy and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union discussing such topics as the Social Democratic Labor Party and the Bolshevik revolution, communism, perestroika, glasnost, and others.

A concise history of the Russian Revolution

1995
Examines the 1917 Russian Revolution, including Lenin's rise to power, the killing of the Romanovs, and the famine of 1921.

The Cold War

2003
Focuses on Soviet politics in the period between the end of World War II and the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), known as the Cold War.

The Bolshevik revolution and Russian Civil War

2001
Examines the Bolshevik Revolution and the Russian Civil War through narrative history and analysis, biographies, and primary documents; also includes a glossary, an annotated bibliography, and a time line.

"Peace, land, bread!"

a history of the Russian Revolution
1996
Explores the period of history in Russia beginning with the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, which resulted in the fall of the czarist autocracy, and ending with the rise of Josef Stalin to power. Looks at the social and economic reforms instituted and the influence of the revolution in Russia and other parts of the world.

The collapse of the Soviet Union

1999
Discusses the rise of the Soviet Union and its emergence as a superpower, its ultimate fall, and the impact of the collapse.

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