Martin McCauley is former Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Slavonicand East European Studies, University College, University of London. His previous publications include Stalin and Stalinism (2003), Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia: Russia, the Baltic States and the CIS Since 1991 (2001) and Gorbachev (2000).

'An expert in probing mafia-type relationships in present-day Russia, Martin McCauley here offers a vigorously written scrutiny of Soviet politics and society since the days of Lenin and Stalin.'John Keep, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

• Glossary.  Introduction.  1. Revolution.  2. The New Economic Policy.  3. The Thirties.  4. The Great Fatherland War. 5. The Last Years of Stalin.  6. The Khrushchev Era.  7. The Brezhnev Era.  Selected Bibliography.  Index.

Martin McCauley is former Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Slavonicand East European Studies, University College, University of London. His previous publications include Stalin and Stalinism (2003), Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia: Russia, the Baltic States and the CIS Since 1991 (2001) and Gorbachev (2000).

'An expert in probing mafia-type relationships in present-day Russia, Martin McCauley here offers a vigorously written scrutiny of Soviet politics and society since the days of Lenin and Stalin.'John Keep, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

• Glossary.  Introduction.  1. Revolution.  2. The New Economic Policy.  3. The Thirties.  4. The Great Fatherland War. 5. The Last Years of Stalin.  6. The Khrushchev Era.  7. The Brezhnev Era.  Selected Bibliography.  Index.

Martin McCauley is former Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Slavonicand East European Studies, University College, University of London. His previous publications include Stalin and Stalinism (2003), Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia: Russia, the Baltic States and the CIS Since 1991 (2001) and Gorbachev (2000).

'An expert in probing mafia-type relationships in present-day Russia, Martin McCauley here offers a vigorously written scrutiny of Soviet politics and society since the days of Lenin and Stalin.'John Keep, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

• Glossary.  Introduction.  1. Revolution.  2. The New Economic Policy.  3. The Thirties.  4. The Great Fatherland War. 5. The Last Years of Stalin.  6. The Khrushchev Era.  7. The Brezhnev Era.  Selected Bibliography.  Index.