Russian History

The ramifications of the decline eventual collapse of communism in the USSR have been felt around the world. But what caused the Soviet Union, one of the world's two great superpowers to fall apart in less than six years? This series hopes to shed some light on those unkown and uncertain years.

Introduction
Glasnost
Perestroika
Democratisation
Ethnic Problems
Baltic Independence
The Conservative Backlash

The Brest-Litovsk peace agreement between Germany and Communist Russia galvanised significant portions of Russia's population to violently oppose the Bolshevik government. The White armies evolved out....

Part One
Part Two
Russian Civil War Bibliography

The Russian Empire at the turn of the twentieth century was governed by an ancient autocratic system. By the time Alexander III was crowned to head of the system, Russia had lost its position as a great power....

Part One
Part Two
Economic Modernisation Bibliography

Russia's policy towards ethnic conflict in Georgia has reflected the fluid and conflicting nature of Russian domestic politics. During the early 1990s Russia's Defence Ministry helped create an unstable and weak Georgia while Russia's Foreign Ministry pushed the need for a strong independent and friendly Georgia as a bulwark against Islamist expansion....

Part One
Part Two
Georgian Bibliography