Puton - A History of the Soviet Union

When we were there, we could see that he was not what the west wantedd to be. He didn't uno adopted ideology of the old days when he was a soviet in the sense that he believed in the greatness of russia on the stage. And this sense of grievance were now seen playing out 20 some years later, was evident. Even then, the idea that the west had taken advantage of russia at a time of weakness,. and that he needed to consolidate powr i started at home. After we left, you began to see that extend to what they call the olsove union. That we're no longer under moscow's direct control.