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AT PRESENT, A COMMONWEALTH DOES NOT EVEN EXIST ON PAPER FOR THE FORMER USSR. THE RESIGNATION OF SOVIET PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV IN NO WAY SIGNIFIES THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CENTER, BUT THE TRANSFER OF THE IDEA OF CENTRAL POWER INTO OTHER HEADS. THE KEY ISSUE IS THE UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP, WHICH MEANS THAT RUSSIA HAS YET TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE LOSS OF EMPIRE AND THAT UKRAINE CONTINUES TO PLAY A PRE-EMINENT ROLE IN THE SEARCH FOR RUSSIA'S IDENTITY. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN NEXUS, PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY, AND HOW TO FORGE A NEW UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP.

"Originally published in English in 1932, this book written by a German National Socialist journalist,and fierce critic of Soviet Russia, was the result of extensive travelling throughout the Soviet Union from 1926-1929. Ranging from Turkestan to Eastern Siberia, this was one of the most comprehensive books on Soviet Russia authored by a Russian speaking foreigner and covers everything from Tsarism to Antisemitism, the Soviet Press, the Police State and Bolshevik Economics. "--Provided by publisher.

"Originally published in English in 1932 and written a former French Minister of Public Works, this volume reviews the situation in Russia in the early decades of the twentieth century. It places the situation in its historical setting and traces the revolutionary movement from its sources. The book is a broad panorama of the situation in Bolshevik Russia and an important reference work. "--Provided by publisher.