| Introduction | xi |
1 | General and Interrelated Themes | 1 |
| General Reference Works | 1 |
| History | 2 |
| Economics | 3 |
| Government and Law | 11 |
| International Relations, Foreign Trade | 13 |
| Political Theories, Nationalism, Communism, Religion | 15 |
| Language and Literature | 21 |
| Military Affairs | 23 |
| The Arts | 24 |
| Society, Social Issues, Sociology | 24 |
2 | Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation | 27 |
| General Reference Works | 27 |
| Bibliographies | 27 |
| Biographies | 29 |
| Handbooks and Encyclopedias | 32 |
| Libraries, Archives, and Museums | 33 |
| Description and Travel | 33 |
| Anthropology and Folklore | 35 |
| The Arts | 37 |
| General Studies | 37 |
| Architecture | 41 |
| Fine Arts | 42 |
| Music | 44 |
| Dance | 47 |
| Film | 49 |
| Theater | 51 |
| The Economy | 53 |
| General Studies | 53 |
| Statistics | 55 |
| Economic History | 56 |
| Economic Theory and Planning | 59 |
| Perestroika | 60 |
| Agriculture | 61 |
| Industry, Management, and Manufacturing | 62 |
| Labor and Trade Unions | 63 |
| Unemployment | 65 |
| Resources and Their Utilization | 66 |
| Business and Entrepreneurial Activity | 66 |
| Finance and Credit | 68 |
| Dismantling of the Command Economy | 68 |
| Foreign Economic Relations | 70 |
| Privatization | 71 |
| Education and Culture | 73 |
| General Studies | 74 |
| Mass Communications | 76 |
| Geography and Demography | 78 |
| Government and State | 80 |
| Bibliographies | 80 |
| General Studies | 81 |
| Law | 82 |
| Politics and Government, Special Studies | 84 |
| Political Parties | 100 |
| Communism, Communist Party | 100 |
| Perestroika, Glasnost | 104 |
| Police Terror, Espionage, Propaganda | 106 |
| Diplomacy and Foreign Relations | 108 |
| General Studies | 108 |
| To 1917 | 109 |
| 1917 to Present | 110 |
| With the United States | 115 |
| With Western and Third World Countries | 119 |
| With Communist Countries | 124 |
| Breakup of East European Satellites | 127 |
| History | 128 |
| Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, Source Materials | 128 |
| General Studies, Readers | 131 |
| Historiography and Archaeology | 133 |
| Pre-Petrine Muscovy/Russia | 135 |
| Imperial Russia | 138 |
| Revolution and Civil War | 150 |
| RSFSR and USSR | 156 |
| Military Affairs | 165 |
| General Studies | 165 |
| To 1917 | 166 |
| 1917 to Present | 167 |
| Navy | 169 |
| Special Studies | 170 |
| Nuclear Arms | 172 |
| Russian Language | 173 |
| General Studies | 173 |
| Dictionaries and Glossaries | 173 |
| Textbooks and Grammars | 174 |
| Russian Literature | 174 |
| Bibliographies, Biographies, Encyclopedias | 174 |
| General Studies and Histories | 176 |
| Anthologies | 184 |
| Critical Studies | 188 |
| Individual Authors | 207 |
| Special Studies, Censorship | 234 |
| Emigre Literature | 234 |
| Philosophy and Political Theory | 235 |
| Marxism in Russia and in the USSR | 236 |
| Intellectual and Cultural Histories | 237 |
| Psychology | 238 |
| Religion | 238 |
| General Studies | 239 |
| History | 239 |
| Special Studies | 242 |
| Science, Technology, and Research | 243 |
| General Studies | 243 |
| Telecommunications | 245 |
| Environmental Protection | 246 |
| Social Conditions and Sociology | 248 |
| General Studies | 249 |
| Alcoholism and Drug Abuse | 251 |
| Social Problems and Social Change | 251 |
| Women | 255 |
| Special Studies | 259 |
| Handicrafts | 261 |
3 | Commonwealth of Independent States, Other Former Soviet Republics, Jews, and Other Minorities | 263 |
| General Studies | 263 |
| Baltic Republics | 265 |
| Estonia | 269 |
| Latvia | 269 |
| Lithuania | 270 |
| Ukraine | 273 |
| Bibliographies, Encyclopedias | 273 |
| General Studies | 273 |
| Sociology | 274 |
| History | 275 |
| Government and Politics | 280 |
| Economics and Business | 285 |
| Religion | 286 |
| Music, Architecture, and Art | 288 |
| Language, Literature, and Folklore | 288 |
| Dissident Movement | 292 |
| Emigres | 292 |
| Central Asian Republics and Peoples | 293 |
| Other Republics | 301 |
| Armenia | 304 |
| Azerbaijan | 304 |
| Georgia | 305 |
| Belarus | 306 |
| Siberian Peoples and Cultures | 307 |
| Jews | 309 |
| General Studies | 309 |
| Emigration | 309 |
| History | 311 |
| Special Studies | 314 |
4 | Eastern Europe | 317 |
| General Reference Works | 317 |
| Bibliography | 319 |
| History | 319 |
| Government, Politics, and Law | 325 |
| Foreign Relations | 332 |
| Communism | 333 |
| Economics, Trade, and Business | 333 |
| Language and Literature | 341 |
| National Minorities | 344 |
| Holocaust | 345 |
| The Society, Sociology | 351 |
| The Arts and Culture | 354 |
| Science and Technology | 355 |
| The Downfall of Communism | 356 |
5 | Albania | 359 |
6 | Bulgaria | 365 |
| History | 365 |
| Economics, Trade, and Business | 368 |
| Language and Literature | 368 |
| Government, Politics, and Law | 368 |
| The Society, Sociology | 369 |
7 | Czech and Slovak Republics | 371 |
| General Reference Works | 371 |
| History | 372 |
| Economics, Trade, and Business | 378 |
| Government, Politics, and Law | 379 |
| Language and Literature | 381 |
| Individual Authors | 386 |
| National Minorities | 388 |
| Arts and Culture | 388 |
| Velvet Revolution | 389 |
8 | Hungary | 391 |
| General Reference Works | 391 |
| History | 392 |
| Economics, Trade, and Business | 398 |
| Government, Politics, and Law | 400 |
| Foreign Relations | 401 |
| Language and Literature | 401 |
| Individual Authors | 402 |
| The Society, Sociology | 403 |
| National Minorities | 404 |
| Arts and Culture | 406 |
9 | Poland | 409 |
| General Reference Works | 409 |
| History | 411 |
| Economics, Trade, and Business | 416 |
| Government, Politics, and Law | 421 |
| Foreign Relations | 425 |
| Communism | 426 |
| Language and Literature | 426 |
| Individual Authors | 428 |
| The Society, Sociology | 431 |
| Religion | 433 |
| Dissident Movements | 434 |
| National Minorities | 434 |
| Arts and Culture | 436 |
10 | Romania | 439 |
| General Reference Works | 439 |
| History | 439 |
| Economics, Trade, and Business | 443 |
| Government, Politics, and Law | 444 |
| Foreign Relations | 446 |
| Communism | 446 |
| Language and Literature | 447 |
| Individual Authors | 447 |
| The Society, Sociology | 448 |
| National Minorities | 448 |
11 | Former Yugoslavia | 451 |
| General Reference Works | 451 |
| History | 453 |
| Economics, Trade, and Business | 459 |
| Government, Politics, and Law | 459 |
| Foreign Relations | 462 |
| Language and Literature | 463 |
| Individual Authors | 464 |
| The Society, Sociology | 464 |
| Religion | 465 |
| National Minorities | 465 |
| Arts and Culture | 467 |
| Civil War | 468 |
| Name Index | 483 |
| Subject Index | 505 |