Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Map of Eurasia x
4. Preface to the new edition xi
5. Preface xiv
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I
8. 1 The most boring adventure ever 23
9. 2 The short summer 36
10. 3 Family trees 42
11. 4 Coals to Newcastle 54
12. Part II
13. 5 Requiem 77
14. 6 The ‘Big House’ 84
15. 7 Gulag 92
16. Part III
17. 8 A Soviet Virgil 151
18. 9 Paris 1990 175
19. 10 Satan’s ball 208
20. 11 Heartland 232
21. 12 The chess piece 249
22. 13 Political technology 267
23. 14 Wag the dog 306
24. 15 Export of the passionaries 319
25. Notes 333
26. Select bibliography 346
27. Illustration credits 348
28. Index 349