Here is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire,
and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist
state. In this revealing account, Richard Pipes tells how the
Communists exploited the new nationalism of the peoples of the
Ukraine, Belorussia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Volga-Ural
area--first to seize power and then to expand into the
borderlands.
"The Formation of the Soviet Union" acquires special relevance
in the post-Soviet era, when the ethnic groups described in the
book once again reclaimed their independence, this time apparently
for good.
In a 1996 Preface to the Revised Edition, Pipes suggests how
material recently released from the Russian archives might
supplement his account.
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