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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Babinka, M. A., ed. New Political Parties and Movements in the Soviet Union. Nova Science, 1991. Essays on the new politics with the decline of communism.

Diuk, Nadia. The Hidden Nations: The People Challenge the Soviet Union. Morrow, 1990. Identifies the causes of the discontent in the various ethnic republics that made up the USSR.

Forest, James H. Religion in the New Russia: The Impact of Perestroika on the Varieties of Religious Life in the Soviet Union. Crossroad, 1990. Religious life and churches in the era of glasnost (openness).

Korotich, Vitaly, ed. The Best of Ogonyok: The New Journalism of Glasnost. Beacon, 1991. Thirty-two exposé articles that appeared in the Russian weekly illustrating current problems and freedom of the press.

Richards, Susan. Epics of Everyday: Encounter in a Changing Russia. Viking, 1991. Scenes of daily life and current concerns as expressed by ordinary men and women.

Roberts, Paul Craig. Meltdown: Inside the Soviet Economy. Cato, 1990. Readable critique with lurid anecdotes of what went wrong with the Soviet planned economy.

Smith, Hedrick. The New Russians. Random, The effects of perestoika on social life and politics.

Soloman, Andrew. The Irony Tower: Soviet Artists in a Time of Glasnost. Knopf, 1991. The effects of sudden artistic freedom and the free market on the Soviet art world.

Spulber, Nicholas. Restructuring the Soviet Economy: In Search of the Market. Michigan, 1991. The struggle involved shifting from a socialist to a free market economy.

Vronskaya, Jeanne. Biographical Dictionary of the Soviet Union, 1917-1992. Saur, Most up-to-date biographical information available for prominent Russians and those in the newly independent states.