num_pages: 188
description: The "Gorbachev phenomenon" is seen as the product of complex developments during the last seventy years--developments that changed the Soviet Union from a primarily agrarian society into an urban, industrial one. Here, for the first time, a noted authority on Soviet society identifies the crucial historical events and social forces that explain Glasnost and political and economic life in the Soviet Union today.
language: English
title: The Gorbachev Phenomenon: A Historical Interpretation
titlecomplete: The Gorbachev Phenomenon: A Historical Interpretation
genres: History, Russian History
ratings_count: 30
publisher: University of California Press