Books
Period
Soviet Era
1922–1991 CE
The Soviet Era began with the formation of the USSR in 1922 and ended with its dissolution in 1991. It included Stalinism, forced collectivisation, purges, industrialisation, World War II, Cold War rivalry, stagnation, reform and collapse. The state shaped work, speech, housing, education, art, travel and memory.
It mattered because Soviet power transformed Russia and influenced global politics for most of the twentieth century. Ideology, surveillance, fear and hope all entered everyday life. Fiction set in the Soviet Era ranges from gulag narratives and wartime novels to espionage, dissident stories and post-Stalin family sagas.
Related people for Soviet Era
Adolf Hitler1889–1945 Benito Mussolini1883–1945 Bernard Montgomery1887–1976 Edward VIII1894–1972 Erwin Rommel1891–1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945 Grigori Rasputin1869–1916 Joseph Stalin1878–1953 Kim Philby1912–1988 Lavrentiy Beria1899–1953 Mao Zedong1893–1976 Mikhail Gorbachev1931–2022 Nicholas II of Russia1868–1918 Nikita Khrushchev1894–1971 Ruhollah Khomeini1902–1989 Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet1892–1984 Vladimir Lenin1870–1924 Wallis Simpson1896–1986 Winston Churchill1874–1965
Non-Fiction
15 Best Non-Fiction Books About the Soviet Era
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.
