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Soviet Succession Struggles
Kremlinology and the Russian Question from Lenin to Gorbachev
Soviet Succession Struggles
1988 is a key study of the history, nature and development of Soviet politics and politicians from the earliest days of Soviet Russia up to the rise of Gorbachev. It examines the power struggles between opposing factions within the Soviet leadership, and identifies two main political standpoints that were always vying for ultimate control of the Communist State.