The Awakening of the Soviet Union

Enlarged Edition

Geoffrey Hosking

    Preface to the Enlarged Edition

    Preface to the First Edition

    1. A Great Power in Crisis

    2. Communities and Ideals in Russian Society

    3. The Return of the Repressed

    4. A Civil Society in Embryo

    5. The Flawed Melting Pot

    6. Religion and the Atheist State

    7. The Paradox of Gorbachev's Reforms

    8. From 'Informals' to Political Parties

    9. Towards the Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Conclusion

    Notes

    Index

  • Cover: The Awakening of the Soviet Union
  • A photo of the author

Geoffrey Hosking is retired Professor of Russian History at the University College London.