10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREZHNEV»
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Brezhnev in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for almost two decades when it was at the height of its powers. This book is a long overdue reappraisal of Brezhnev the man and the system over which he ruled.
Edwin Bacon, M.A. Sandle, 2002
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The Rise and Fall of the
Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet Foreign ...
Ouimet argues that the now-famous reforms of Soviet bloc policy of the mid-1980s were not the instigation, but rather the climax of a fundamental transformation in Soviet policy toward Eastern Europe that had its origins in the Brezhnev era ...
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On Dissidents and Madness: From the Soviet Union of Leonid ...
The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both inside the country and abroad.
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Soviet Consumer Culture in the
Brezhnev Era
This book analyses the politics and economics of the state’s efforts to improve living standards, and shows how mass consumption was often used as an instrument of legitimacy, ideology and modernization.
Natalya Chernyshova, 2013
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Brezhnev's Folly: The Building of BAM and Late Soviet Socialism
In Brezhnev's Folly, Christopher J. Ward provides a groundbreaking social history of the BAM railway project.
Christopher J. Ward, 2009
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"Shitting Medals": L. I.
Brezhnev, the Great Patriotic War, ...
This thesis explores the relationship between L.I. Brezhnev's cult of personality and the memory of the Second World War in the Soviet Union.
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The Soviet Union under
Brezhnev
The book makes use of a range of memoirs, interviews, archival documents and other sources not available before 1990 to place Brezhnev and his epoch in a broader historical context.
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Japanese-Russian Relations Under
Brezhnev and Andropov
Second, upon the request of the Japanese, Brezhnev agreed to insert into the
text of the joint communique a paragraph that read: "Both sides confirmed that the
settlement of the yet unresolved problems left over from World War II ...
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Brezhnev and the Decline of the Soviet Union
Brezhnev, as General Secretary. Khrushchev avoided this problem by holding
both offices, as Stalin had. When Brezhnev succeeded Khrushchev as vozhd, the
new oligarchy took care to ensure that he would not have this advantage (ibid.
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Sedition: Everyday Resistance In the Soviet Union Under ...
This book explores Soviet prosecution records to tell the hidden story of ordinary citizens who were arrested for expressing discontent during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years.
Vladimir A. Kozlov, Sheila Fitzpatrick, S. V. Mironenko, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREZHNEV»
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Brezhnev is used in the context of the following news items.
The West Wing Wheels: Richard Nixon
In fact, Nixon was good buddies with Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. «The News Wheel, Jul 15»
Opinion: 'Spirit of Helsinki' lost as Foreign Ministry misfires
Imagine how we would remember the original 1975 summit if either Leonid Brezhnev or Gerald Ford had been force to stay away. Détente can ... «YLE News, Jul 15»
USSR offers a cautionary tale for U.S.
The Soviet leaders, Brezhnev, Andropov and others, knew their economy was broke, but Marxist ideology and a totalitarian government did not ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jul 15»
PHOTOS: The Transition to Independent TV in Ukraine
Rodina Mat (Mother Ukraine) a Soviet WWII memorial in Kiev that was dedicated by Leonid Brezhnev in 1981. I thought it was more striking in ... «The Skanner, Jul 15»
Cuba's real estate boom is not for outsiders
... street, contractors are mixing cement, fixing cracks and giving makeovers to mouldy facades that haven't seen paint since the Brezhnev era. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
Throw light on the dark
... rendezvous in Moscow broke 37 years ago, initial accounts suggested that Leonid Brezhnev, the general-secretary of the Communist Party of ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»
Is China Returning to One-Man Rule?
Cynicism and disengagement along the lines seen in the late Hu era were in danger of leading China into Brezhnev-era levels of stagnation ... «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
Russia: Tit for Tat
Surprise, surprise: the majority of Russians would prefer the West's hostility of Brezhnev days to their warm embraces in the days of Gorbachev ... «Intifada Palestine, Jun 15»
Years after invasion, the US leaves a cultural imprint on Afghanistan
Back then, there was a Brezhnev Market, named after the Soviet leader, in downtown Kabul, he said. It closed soon after the Soviets left. «The Virginian-Pilot, Jun 15»
Leningrad Siege Survivor Left To Die In Her Apartment
Childless, she lived a quiet life after the war, enduring the "stagnation" under Brezhnev, the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union and the rise of ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jun 15»
