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Maps Acknowledgements A Note on Transliteration 1. The Russian Empire in 1900 2. The Soviet Union, 1924-1936 3. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe after 1945 4. The Commonwealth of Independent States in 1997 5. The Russian Federation in 1997 Introduction 1. And Russia? 1900 - 1914 2. The Fall of the Romanovs 1914-1917 Part One 3. Conflicts and Crises 1917 4. The October Revolution 1917 - 1918 5. New World, Old World 6. Civil Wars 1918 - 1921 7. The New Economic Policy 1921 - 1928 8. Leninism and its Discontents Part Two 9. The First Five-Year Plan 1928 - 1932 10. Fortresses under Storm: Culture, Religion, Nation 11. Terror upon Terror 1934 - 1945 12. Coping with Big Brothers 13. The Second World War 1939 - 1945 14. Suffering and Struggle 1941 - 1945 Part Three 15. The Hammers of Peace 1945 - 1953 16. The Despot and his Masks 17. 'De-Stalinization' 1953 - 1961 18. Hopes Unsettled 1961 - 1964 19. Stabilization 1964 - 1970 Part Four 20. 'Developed Socialism' 1970 - 1982 21. Privilege and Alienation 22. Towards Reform 1982 - 1985 23. Glasnost and Perestroika 1986 - 1988 24. Imploding Imperium 1989 25. Hail and Farewell 1990 - 1991 26. Power and the Market 1992 - 1993 27. The Lowering of Expectations 1994 - 1999 28. And Russia? From 2000 Afterword Notes Bibliography Index