La gloire des nations ou la fin de l'Empire soviétique

Synopsis of La gloire des nations ou la fin de l'Empire soviétique

«La gloire des nations ou la fin de l'Empire soviétique» is the historical essay by Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, published by Fayard in 1990.

Historical and political essay on the disintegration of the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1990: the revolution, Lenin's regime and the awakening of non-Russian nations. It analyzes Gorbachev's perestroika, the independence movements in the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the tensions with the Soviet state, the Communist Party and the army.

This expanded edition has 488 pages, is in French and includes bibliographic references and an index.

Recommended for those interested in twentieth-century political history, the Soviet Union, perestroika and the independence movements that hastened its end.