Presents regional essays, country reports, statistical summaries, and world press articles that provide information about Russia, the Eurasian Republics, and Central/Eastern Europe; and includes a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
Discusses how ethnic and religious differences, along with economic hardships, have led large numbers of Eastern Europeans to emigrate to other countries, and how they have adjusted.
Offers a comprehensive analysis of the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe, focusing on the Solidarity uprisings in Poland, Soviet foreign policy during the era, and the influence the collapse had on Mikhail Gorbachev's later position toward Eastern Europe.
