Utopia in Power: The History of the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present (English and Russian Edition)

By Aleksandr M. Nekrič, Mikhail Heller, Mikhail Geller, et al.

Book Overview

Beginning prior to October 1917 and continuing through 1985 and the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev, this magnum opus has been universally acclaimed as the best history of the Soviet Union available. 13... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671645358
• ISBN13: 9780671645359
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Summit Books
• Length: 877 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 2.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

The Best of It's Kind

This history book is the best of its kind; by two Russian historians who lived and worked in the West, and so can see the face of the animal they came from with cold objectivity, warts and all. Included is a refreshing Russian pronouncement that Western Allied aid to the USSR during 1941-1944 was crucial to the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

Makes you appreciate the U.S. Constitution all the more

Clear and compelling indictment of the most inhuman social system devised by humans. This account of the Soviet Union's history illustrates the danger of a one party system and the inhumanity of big government.

Best History of the Soviet Union I Have Read!

Heller and Nekrich have written a comprehensive, indepth history of the Soviet Union. They give a perspective that is not politicized nor P.C., but factual. A must read for 20th century scholors and students. I would also highly recommend Heller's book "Cogs in the Wheel" to understand how the Soviet Union tried to reshape humane nature.