302, 303 Nazi treatment of Jews 268 role of Siberia 305 siege of Moscow (1941) 77, 281 Stalin's role 54-5, 77-9
writers 62-3 renunciation of works 140, 168
Yalta Conference (1945) 55, 78 Yaroslavl 308, 309-10 Yashin, Lev 262
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4, 27,41,51-2, 308, 311-12 Yeltsin, Boris (1931-2007) xi, xiv, xv, 77, 104-6, 115, 312 and constitution 232-3 and Duma 110-11 and Gorbachev xiii, 95, 101-2, 103 and mass media 124 Putin as successor 121, 122 and Russian sovereignty 101-2 Yeltsin era (1991-99) 104-12, 125, 237-8
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny 168 Yezhovshebina 73 Yugoslavia 79-80, 119
Zamyatin, Yevgeny 165-6, 166-7 Zbdanovsbcbina 78, 168, 188 Zhirinovsky, Vladimir xiii-xiv, 110, 237
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