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| Introduction | |
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| Contexts and Comparisons Defining the Soviet Collapse Voices | |
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| The Soviet Collapse and Children's Play Questions and Controversies | |
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| The Roots of Argument Questions and Controversies | |
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| Was the Soviet Collapse Historically Unique? The Uses of History | |
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| Legacies | |
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| The Burdens of Russian and Soviet History Legacies of Old Russia Legacies of Revolution Questions and Controversies | |
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| Was the Soviet Union Doomed From the Start? Legacies of Stalinism Voices | |
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| Remembering Stalin � Favorably | |
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| Cracks in the Foundation | |
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| The Post-Stalin Years Facing Stalin's Legacy | |
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| The Dilemma of Reform Khrushchev and deStalinization Voices | |
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| A Child of the "Thaw" Turning Back the Clock? The Brezhnev Years Voices | |
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| Jokes of the Brezhnev Era From Growth to Stagnation | |
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| Explaining Economic Decline Beneath the Surface | |
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| Social Change in the Post-Stalin Years Cities and Universities Creating Alternative Space | |
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| The Erosion of Totalitarian Society Voices | |
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| Singing About the Soviet Elite Making Nations The "Flourishing of Nations" in the "Prison of Nations" "Inconspicuous Decolonization" and the "Soviet People" Questions and Controversies | |
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| What Held the Soviet Empire Together? The Soviet Union and the World Questions and Controversies | |
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| Can Coincidence Explain the Soviet Collapse? | |
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| Reviving Soviet Socialism | |
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| The Gorbachev Experiment Questions and Controversies | |
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| Debating the Gorbachev Factor Changing of the Guard Voices | |
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| Soviet History in a Single Joke Acceleration | |
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| "The Key to All Our Problems" "More Light" | |
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| The Glasnost Phenomenon Voices | |
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| Experiencing Glasnost "What Have We Done?" Democratization and Political Reform Toward the Market? Perestroika and the Soviet Economy Voices | |
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| Defending Cooperatives Questions and Controversies | |
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| What Went Wrong With Reform? "A Consensus of All Mankind" | |
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| New Thinking in Soviet Foreign Policy Questions and Controversies | |
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| Did the Western Pressures Push the Soviet Union Over the Brink? | |
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| Unexpected Consequences | |
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| Economic Crisis and Social Awakening Nothing to Buy | |
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| The Unraveling of the Soviet Economy Voices | |
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| Economic Crisis and Soviet Humor Democratic Awakenings | |
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| Anti-Communism in the Communist Heartland Labor Awakenings | |
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| Working Class Protest in the Workers' State Voices | |
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| The Miners Speak National Awakenings | |
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| The Empire Strikes Back Baltic Awakenings Ukrainian Awakenings Voices | |
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| Ukrainians | |
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| Not Little Russians Caucasian Awakenings Central Asian Awakenings Russian Awakenings Voices | |
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| Russian Nationalism from Below Questions and Controversies | |
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| Who Acts in History | |
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| Great Men, Elites, or the Masses? | |
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| Passing Into History | |
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| The Final Act in the Soviet Drama Pressures from the Periphery | |
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| Responding to the Nationalist Challenge Pressures from the Left | |
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| Responding to the Democratic Challenge Pressures from the Right | |
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| Responding to the Conservative Challenge Voices | |
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| Inviting a Coup | |
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| "A Word to the People" Three Days in August Voices | |
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| On the Barricades Coming Apart | |
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| The Final Days of the Soviet Union Questions and Controversies | |
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| Why a Peaceful Death? Questions and Controversies | |
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| Meaning and History | |