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

• 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

The Awakening of the Soviet Union does more to help English speakers understand these changes than any of the dozens of books on the subject published in the past five years.

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

• 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

The Awakening of the Soviet Union does more to help English speakers understand these changes than any of the dozens of books on the subject published in the past five years.

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

• 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

The Awakening of the Soviet Union does more to help English speakers understand these changes than any of the dozens of books on the subject published in the past five years.