Moscow, December 25, 1991 the last day of the Soviet Union
The implosion of the Soviet Union was the culmination of a gripping game played out between two men who intensely disliked each other and had different concepts for the future. Mikhail Gorbachev, a sophisticated and urbane reformer, sought to modernize and preserve the USSR; Boris Yeltsin, a coarse...
| Main Author: | O'Clery, Conor. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
PublicAffairs,
c2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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