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Lenin's tomb, the last days of the Soviet Empire, David Remnick

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Lenin's tomb, the last days of the Soviet Empire, David Remnick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-552) and index

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illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lenin's tomb

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

27144279

Responsibility statement

David Remnick

Sub title

the last days of the Soviet Empire

Summary

A moment in history, the collapse of the Soviet empire, is examined, along with the restoration of truth, the truth about the brutal Soviet past and the bleak Soviet present

Table Of Contents

Part 1. By right of memory : The forest coup -- A Stalinist childhood -- To be preserved, forever -- The return of history -- Widows of revolution -- Ninotchka -- The doctors' plot and beyond -- Memorial -- Written on the water -- Part 2. Democratic vistas : Masquerade -- The double thinkers -- Party men -- Poor folk -- The revolution underground -- Postcards from the empire -- The island -- Bread and circuses -- The last gulag -- Part 3. Revolutionary days : "Tomorrow there will be a battle" -- Lost illusions -- The October Revolution -- May Day! May Day! -- The ministry of love -- Black September -- The tower -- The general line -- Citizens -- Part 4. "First as tragedy, then as farce" -- Part 5. The trial of the old regime

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Last days of the Soviet Empire

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