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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Sheets, Lawrence Scott.     Subjects     Sheets, Lawrence Scott -- Travel -- Soviet Union.     Sheets, Lawrence Scott -- Travel -- Russia (Federation)     Social change -- Soviet Union -- History.     Social change -- Russia (Federation) -- History.     Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History.     Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- History.     Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991.     Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991-     Soviet Union -- Description and travel.     Russia (Federation) -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sheets, Lawrence Scott.       by title:      Eight pieces of empi...         MARC Display

Eight pieces of empire : a 20-year journey through the Soviet collapse / Lawrence Scott Sheets. by Sheets, Lawrence Scott. New York : Crown Publishers, c2011. Subjects Sheets, Lawrence Scott -- Travel -- Soviet Union.   Sheets, Lawrence Scott -- Travel -- Russia (Federation)   Social change -- Soviet Union -- History.   Social change -- Russia (Federation) -- History.   Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History.   Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- History.   Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991.   Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991-   Soviet Union -- Description and travel.   Russia (Federation) -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9780307395825 0307395820 9780307888853 (ebook) 0307888851 (ebook) Description:  xvi, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  Pt. 1: Farewell Leningrad, farewell empire (1989-1991). A civil war outside my door ; Our communal ; Tears of a KGB man ; A bigamist bandit and a button maker ; Sickle and hammer down : an empire's last hours -- Pt. 2: Georgia : anarchy in paradise (1992-1996). Nobody started this war ; Exodus ; Buried five times : insurgents in flat black nylons ; A word about war -- Pt. 3: Azerbaijan and Armenia at war (1993-1995). Azerbaijan : lifesaving carpets ; Armenia : a faded tintype of mount Ararat ; Azerbaijan : the Shish Kebab War and Eastern democracy -- Pt. 4: Chechnya : echoes of the deportation (1993-2004). Grenade, lightly tossed ; Grozny ; Three libertine sabotage women ; A disappearance ; Three boys seeking martyrdom -- Pt. 5: Resurrections : the abdication of atheism (1998-2005). A nameless bunch of bones ; A KGB church and latter-day saints -- Pt. 6: Central Asia : rise of the red sultans (2001-2002). Uzbekistan : I cannot answer that question ; An Afghan interlude ; The island of Dr. Moreau -- Pt. 7: Revolutions, reindeer, and radiation (2003-2011). The flaming recliner ; Last song of the Ultas ; Home, sweet Chernobyl ; The road to the schoolhouse -- Pt. 8: An empire epilogue. Requests:  0 Summary:  A detailed chronicle of the collapse of the Soviet Union is told through a series of episodes and vignettes to explore personal, political, and historical contributing factors as well as its ongoing repercussions.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 947.0853 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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