Dublin, 530
Dudaev, Dzhokar, 521, 533
Dudintsev, Vladimir:
Dudko, Dmitri, 382, 476
Duma: formed and assembled, 1, 14–16; Nicholas II’s attitude to, 21–2, 29, 32; supports World War I, 27; and Nicholas II’s abdication, 33; impotence, 548; under 1998 constitution, 529, 550, 551, 553, 566
Dunkirk evacuation (1940), 258
Durnovo, Petr, 25
Dvinsk, 77
Dzhugashvili, Katerina (Stalin’s mother), 196
Dzhugashvili, Yakov (Stalin’s son), 285
Dzierzynski, Felix: supports plan to seize power, 61; heads Cheka, 74, 108; Polish origins, 85; taken hostage by Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, 103–4; advocates terror, 107–8; administrative agreement with colleagues, 110; interrogates Berdyaev, 137; disagreements with Lenin, 153
Dziuba, Ivan:
East Berlin: Gorbachev visits, 463
East Germany
Eastern Europe: communist movements in, 302, 305; post-World War II policy on, 303, 305–12; Soviet purges in, 313; resents Soviet subjugation, 330, 553; and Warsaw Pact, 337; Soviet unpopularity in, 342, 353; easing of Soviet policy under Beria, 343; economic reforms, 385–6; Politburo and, 385–7; compliance demanded, 387; anti-Soviet developments, 409; and Gorbachev’s non-interference policy, 442–3, 463–4, 481–3; communist collapse in, 483–4
economy after communism: real average income drops 529; financial collapse (1998), 530, 535; subsidies 534; devaluation (1998), 535; recovery (1999), 535–6; poverty, 541
education: encouraged by Bolsheviks, 140–42, 190–91, 205; privileged, 237, 320–21; and non-Russian languages, 367; discrimination abolished, 410; after communism, 567
Egypt, 352, 389
eight-hour day, 68
Eikhe, R.I., 213
Einstein, Albert, 318
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 272, 353
Eisenstein, Sergei, 249, 319
Eismont, Nikolai, 188
elections: to Constituent Assembly, 74, 81; Gorbachev’s reforms on, 451, 460–61; to Congress of People’s Deputies (1989), 472–3, 475; under Yeltsin (1993), 523, 526–9; State Duma (1995), 530; Presidential (1996), 531; State Duma (1999), 552–3; Presidential (2000), 547; State Duma (2003), 552–3; Presidential (2004), 553; State Duma (2007), 559; Presidential (2008), 559
Emancipation Edict (1861), 6–7, 71
emigration: post-revolution, 88
Engels, Friedrich, 92–3, 136
engineers: courted by Bolsheviks, 95; success under NEP, 163; 1928 trial of, 175; protected, 194
environment: and pollution, 468, 518, 552
Epshtein, Avraam, 208
Erenburg, Ilya:
Erevan, 390
Estonia: demands autonomy, 40; support for Bolsheviks, 83; Germany acquires (1918), 84; Soviet republic established (1918), 107; granted independence, 128; awarded to USSR in 1939 Non-Aggression Treaty, 256–7; annexed by USSR, 258, 306, 398; Germans occupy (1941), 261; post-World War II settlement, 270, 306; SS units from, 287; post-World War II deportations, 300; culture downgraded, 316; and Khrushchev’s denunciation of Stalin, 342; nationalism, 366, 456, 478; living standard, 423; protest demonstrations, 457, 473–4, 481; claims veto rights over Moscow laws, 473; independence demands, 482, 503; Yeltsin reassures, 489; declares sovereignty, 490; resists State Committee for the Emergency Situation, 502; declines to join Commonwealth of Independent States, 507; after communism, 537
Estonian National Front, 382
Ethiopia, 399
Europe: revolutions in, 120; post-World War II situation, 301–2, 305–8
European Union, 537, 538
exile (internal), 21–2
exports, 159
Extraordinary Commission
factory workers
Fadeev, Alexander, 319
family values, 246
famine: Volga region (1891–2), 5; and forcible acquisition of grain, 93; in Ukraine (1932–3), 184, 202, 207; in World War II, 285; post-World War II, 304;
Far East: security in, 255–7, 308
farms, private, 542;
fascism: in Italy, 140, 170; popular fronts against, 230; and totalitarianism, 235; in Spain, 254
Fatherland (party), 547
February Revolution
Federal Assembly, 527, 551, 558
Federal Security Service, 530, 545, 550
Federal Treaty (1992), 521
Federation Council
Federation of Independent Trade Unions, 542
Fedorov, Boris, 522
Finland: status under empire, 13; demands autonomy, 40; Sejm disobeys Provisional Government, 60; granted independence, 69, 128; awarded to USSR in 1939 Non-Aggression Treaty, 256; winter war (1939–40), 257; joins EU, 537
First World War
500 Days Plan (1990), 492–3
Five-Year Plans: First (1928–32), 170, 176–9, 186, 188, 190, 198–9, 205, 208; Second (1933–38), 194, 208, 211; Fourth (1946–50), 303; Eighth (1966–70), 385, 406; Ninth (1971–6), 407; Twelfth (1968–92), 441
food supply: after 1917, 89–90; and malnutrition, 119; and intimidation, 208; 1930s improvements in, 249; and control of population, 278; to armed forces in World War II, 284–5; post-war inadequacy, 304; price rises under Khrushchev, 364; imported, 467, 470; shortages under Gorbachev, 472; and price rises under Gorbachev, 492, 495; price controls lifted, 525;
Food-Supplies Dictatorship, 104, 108–9
football, 559
forced-labour and camps
Ford, Gerald, 399
Ford motor company, 177
Foros (Black Sea), 496, 498, 502
France: in Russo-British entente, 3; Imperial Russian disputes with, 24; in World War I, 25, 34, 78; intervenes in civil war, 102; loans to Russia, 158; diplomatic relations with USSR, 229; 1939 declaration of war,