Russia's Revolution from Above, 1985-2000

The fall of the Soviet communist regime in 1991 offers a challenging contrast to other instances of democratic transition and change in the last decades of the twentieth century

Gordon M. Hahn is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group, San Jose, California.

Introduction The Model of Revolution from Above The Breakdown of Institutional and Political Unity The Organization of Political Groups in the Party-State and Society Dual Sovereignty from Above and the XXVIIII CPSU Congress The First Soviet Pact-Making Episode Gorbachev's Turn to the Right Reaction Polarization and Revolutionary Crisis Politics The Nascent Soviet Transition Pact The Hardline August Coup The Revolutionary Seizure of Power and the Aborted Soviet Pact Tentative Conclusions About Russia and the Revolution from Above