Books by John Paxton

Many improvements have been made to the information. Latitude and longitude references have been added, much more information on capital cities and massive updating of industrial information and population figures. The previous edition was published in 1986.

This reference work surveys the leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union - from Michael Romanov to Boris Yeltsin. A total of 25 essays allow readers to look at the individuals themselves, not just their political representation.

In compiling this volume the editors have aimed to gather together, in one volume, as many of the important political facts as possible for a critical period of European history.