CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

SOCIAL CLASS IN THE EMPIRE

TSAR NICHOLAS II

GRIGORI YEFIMOVICH RASPUTIN

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

MARXIST SOCIALISM

LENIN - the Early Years

LENIN - Revolution and Power

LENINISM

THE CHEKA

JOSEPH STALIN - the Early Years

JOSEPH STALIN - Revolution and Power

JOSEPH STALIN - The Great Purge

STALIN and the GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

STALINISM

THE NKVD

LEON TROTSKY - The Early Years

LEON TROTSKY - Power and Beyond

TROTSKYISM

SOVIET CULTURE and SOCIETY

THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM

GREAT RUSSIAN ART

APPENDIX

GEORGE ORWELL and SOVIET RUSSIA