Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Perestroika Defined (1987)
Perestroika, as defined by Mikhail Gorbachev. This excerpt includes the many definitions and applications of the concept of perestroika when used to describe the internal reforms of the Soviet Union that occurred during the 1980s.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Stalin and the Cult of Personality
Two lectures that provide a perspective on the Soviet people's fixation and emotional bond to Stalin and the intellectual repression he enforced to bring that about.