AJALOO RIIGIEKSAMI ÜLESANDED
Toomas KARJAHÄRM
The article provides reference and analysis of the representation of the collapse
of the Soviet Union in the memoirs written by Russian (Soviet) state and public
figures, published in Russia predominantly within the past decade. The authors
discussed include President of the Soviet Union and Secretary General of the
CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev, his closest aides Anatoli Chernyayev and Andrei
Grachov, writer and former dissident Alexandr Zinovyev, KGB chief Vladimir
Kryuchkov, retired KGB General Vyacheslav Shironin, Chairman of the Council
of Ministers of the Soviet Union Nikolai Ryzhkov, the first government head of
the Russian Federation Yegor Gaidar, prominent politicians and members of the
Russian State Duma Dmitri Rogozin and Alexei Mitrofanov.
The imperialistic nostalgia that has been rearing its head in Russia recently has
made a substantial impact on political memoirs. Two contrasting opinions prevail
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