Article: Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union by Roman Szporluk.

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STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000

Renowned Eastern Europe scholar Roman Szporluk sheds new light on the history of the Soviet Union after 1945 in the Hoover Institution Press volume, "Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union."

Many analysts have interpreted the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union as a consequence of the collapse of Moscow's central government. Szporluk presents evidence to support the idea that the Soviet Union was destroyed by the actions of its opponents, most importantly those who took up the causes of an independent Ukraine and an independent Russia.

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