Rulers and victims : the Russians in the Soviet Union / Geoffrey Hosking.

Many westerners used to call the Soviet Union "Russia." Russians too regarded it as their country, but that did not mean they were entirely happy with it. In the end, in fact, Russia actually destroyed the Soviet Union. How did this happen, and what kind of Russia emerged? In this illumina...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	Hosking, Geoffrey A. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	National characteristics, Russian. Russians > Ethnic identity. Nationalism > Russia (Federation) Soviet Union > History. Soviet Union > Ethnic relations. Ethnic relations. Nationalism. Russia (Federation) Soviet Union. History.