The USSR in 1991: A Record of Events

ISBN-13: 9780367297046 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 998 str.

Vera Tolz;Melanie Newton

Opis

This last volume in the annual series chronicles the developments that led up to the abortive August coup, the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The book is arranged as a day-by-day chronology with boldface headlines identifying individual topics. Among the highlights are analyses of the crackdown in the Baltic republics, the miners' strikes, and the ongoing ethnic warfare in the Transcaucasus; the referendum on the future of the USSR and the prolonged negotiations between the center and the republics over the Union treaty; the emergence of Russia as an alternative center of power; and the banning of the Soviet Communist Party. The volume also documents in depth the failed coup and the political realignment that followed, the disastrous state of the economy, and the discussion of potential future cooperation among the newly independent republics.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Preface -- The Month of January -- The Month of February -- The Month of March -- The Month of April -- The Month of May -- The Month of June -- The Month of July -- The Month of August -- The Month of September -- The Month of October -- The Month of November -- The Month of December

O autorze

Vera Tolz, Melanie. Newton, Iain Elliot