Communism in this country is a smart-aleck’s way to feel clever about stupid and morally bankrupt views — but because its ...

he knew the Soviet Union well and offered a fluid narrative history of the principal communist regimes as well as vivid pen-portraits of individual leaders and militants. There were significant ...

The communist government owned the country's ... has triggered a power struggle between them and government leaders. Russia's new economy has also created a wide gap between rich and poor.

Gorbachev was the top Soviet leader when he held the posts of general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) between 1985 and 1991 and head of state ...