...William W. Finan, Jr. A new book recounts the events of December 1991, when Mikhail Gorbachev resigned the presidency and the Soviet empire disappeared. 294 BOOKS At Christmastime in 1991, the Soviet Union disappeared. Twenty years later, the how and the why remain unclear. Moscow, December 25...

.... All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California East Germany Mary Elise Sarotte George Bush Mikhail Gorbachev Helmut Kohl 126 BOOKS According to the narrative of the cold war that has become conventional wisdom, the end went like this: We (the United States...

...James R. Millar Putin appears to have more in common with Brezhnev than with his more decisive predecessors. Khrushchev, Gorbachev, and Yeltsin risked their positions in attempts to de-Stalinize the Soviet Union. … Putin's rule seems to be more pause than reform, which is, incidentally, what...

... that Russian ‘reform’ could unfold through ordinary, not extraordinary, means? © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California capitalist communist democracy Gorbachev Putin reform revolution Russia Soviet Union Yeltsin 330 The last decade...

... in strengthening a free media. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California advertising Gorbachev Kremlin media press Putin reformist Russia television Yeltsin 343 The Russian Media: From Popularity to Distrust FLORIANA FOSSATO President Putin...