Screen LibraryRussia's revolution from above, 1985-2000：reform, transition, and revolution in the fall of the Soviet Communist regime
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Transaction Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | New Brunswick, U.S.A. |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 618 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0765800497 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D751 |
| CLC: | D751.22 |
| Call Number: | D751.22/H148 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-587) and index. Introduction : the model of revolution from above -- The breakdown of institutional and political unity -- The organization of political groups in the party-state and society -- Dual sovereignty from above and the XXVIII CPSU Congress -- The first Soviet pact-making episode -- Gorbachev's turn to the "right" -- Reaction, polarization, and revolutionary crisis politics -- The nascent Soviet transition pact -- The hardline August coup -- The revolutionary seizure of power and the aborted Soviet pact -- Tentative conclusions about Russia and the revolution from above. |