Authors: Serhii Plokhy
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nuclear disarmament and,
363
,
371
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as nuclear republic,
xix
,
310
,
346
,
348â349
   Â
population,
311
,
351
,
352
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sovereignty and,
178
,
179
,
181
,
182
,
249
,
347
,
351
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U.S. and,
346â349
,
351
,
382
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Belavezha Agreement and,
305
,
309
,
310
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biography,
302â303
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See also
Belarus
Kennan, George F.,
328
,
392â393
KGB (Committee for State Security),
38
,
48
,
54
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coup d'état and,
77
,
81
,
82
,
84
,
86
,
88â89
,
91
,
100
,
108
,
110â111
,
120â121
,
148
,
160
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demonstrations,
140â141
   Â
Gorbachev and,
84
,
135
,
138
   Â
Kennedy assassination and,
369
Khans, of Golden Horde,
257
Khasbulatov, Ruslan,
94
,
244
,
246
,
247â248
,
383
Khmara, Stepan,
293
Khrushchev, Nikita,
12
,
15
,
54
,
56
,
281
,
333
,
401
   Â
Belavezha Forest and,
301
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coup d'état and,
81
,
82
,
98
   Â
in Kazakhstan,
351
Kipling, Rudyard,
305
Kissinger, Henry,
117
,
248
,
249
,
290
Kohan, John,
333
Kohl, Helmut,
58
,
77
,
79
,
209
,
367
,
378
Kolbin, Gennadii,
349â350
,
395
Komisarenko, Serhii,
157
Kommunist
(journal),
215
Komplektov, Viktor,
68
,
104â105
Komsomol'skaia pravda
(Komsomol Truth),
298
Korea,
210
Korean Airlines, flight 007,
6
Korzhakov, Aleksandr,
109
,
121â122
,
136
,
182â183
,
187
,
213
,
217
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on Gorbachev's retirement package,
367
,
369
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on secret documents,
369
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on Yeltsin,
302
,
311
,
319
,
369
,
386â387
Kosygin, Aleksei,
54
Kotkin, Stephen,
xix
Kozyrev, Andrei,
27
,
104
,
200
,
264
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Belavezha Agreement and,
297
,
305
,
306
,
314
,
337â339
,
341
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coup d'état of August 1991 and,
110â114
   Â
on Gorbachev,
146â147
   Â
reform and,
215
,
229
,
238â239
Kravchenka, Petr,
303
,
304â305
,
306
,
311
,
325
Kravchuk, Antonina,
315
Kravchuk, Leonid,
xxi
,
xxii
,
59
,
65
,
224
,
250
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Almaty summit and,
358â359
,
362â364
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Belavezha Agreement and,
298
,
299
,
301
,
303â310
,
314
,
315
,
320
,
324
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Bush, George H. W., and,
61â62
,
67
,
68
,
207â209
,
294
   Â
on center-republic relations,
207
,
208â209
,
219
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CIS and,
358â359
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coup d'état of August 1991 and,
114
,
124
,
155â158
,
160
,
161â162
,
164
   Â
new union treaty and,
222â223
   Â
Ukrainian referendum and,
275â277
,
279â282
,
284â287
,
291â294
,
303â304
,
399
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Ukrainian sovereignty and,
153â155
,
163â165
,
167â170
,
178
,
180â181
,
182
,
184
,
206â207
,
258
,
260
,
273
,
279â282
,
292
,
363â364
Kriuchkov, Vladimir,
10
,
24
,
38
,
74
,
117
,
202
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biography,
86â87
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coup d'état and,
82
,
83â84
,
86
,
88
,
89â91
,
95â96
,
97
,
99
,
100
,
111
,
116
,
120
,
121
,
123
,
125â127
,
130
,
145
,
160
Kruchina, Nikolai,
142
,
150â151
Kryzhanivsky, Volodymyr,
299â300
Kseniia (Gorbachev's granddaughter),
133
Kuropas, Myron, B.,
261
Kuwait,
232
Kuznetsov, Anatolii,
66
Kyiv.
See
Ukraine
Kyrgyzstan
   Â
Akayev and,
224
,
345â346
   Â
military forces,
346
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nuclear weapons and,
346
   Â
sovereignty and,
173
   Â
U.S. and,
345â346
,
382
Landsbergis, Vytautas,
197â198
Language, of Ukraine's military,
289
,
290
Lapychak, Chrystyna,
292
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annexation of,
192
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sovereignty and,
174
,
175
,
197
Lenin, Vladimir,
xiii
,
328
,
395
,
398
Lezginka
(dance),
288
Ligachev, Yegor,
28â29
Likhachev, Dmitrii,
175â176
Limited Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty,
6
   Â
demonstrations in,
50â51
,
117â118
   Â
sovereignty and,
34
,
37
,
38
,
50
,
174
,
198
Lobov, Vladimir,
209â210
Loyalty,
289
Lubianka Square,
139â140
Lukashenka, Aliaksandr,
324â325
Lukianenko, Levko,
60
,
165â169
,
278
,
279
Lukianov, Anatolii,
125
MAD.
See
Mutual assured destruction
Madrid peace conference.
See
Middle East Peace Conference
Make Way for Ducklings
(McCloskey),
20
Makhamov, Kakhahr,
163
The Malachite Casket
(Bazhov),
228
Malkina, Tatiana,
98
Maria (Yeltsin's granddaughter),
100
Marshall, George,
329
Marshall Plan, for Soviet Union,
205â206
,
329â331
,
341
Massacres
   Â
Babyn Yar,
66â67
,
266
,
285
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Katyn Forest,
369
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Tiananmen Square,
77
Matlock, Jack,
26
,
48
,
65
,
69
,
76
,
193
,
206
   Â
Bush, George H. W., and,
52â53
,
58
,
194
   Â
on Cold War and Soviet Union's collapse,
392
McCarthy, Joseph,
xiv
McCloskey, Robert,
20
McDougall Barbara,
112
Media.
See
News media
Medvedev, Vadim,
36
,
81â82
,
128
,
135
,
149
,
216
,
228
   Â
on Belavezha Agreement,
326
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Gorbachev and,
183
,
319â320
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on sovereignty of Soviet republics,
175
,
185
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on state funds,
270
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on Yeltsin, Boris, and countercoup,
137
Medvedev, Vladimir,
82
Meshkov, Yuri,
282
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peace in,
231â232
   Â
U.S. interest in,
232â233
Middle East Peace Conference (Madrid peace conference),
234
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Bush, George H. W., at,
231â233
,
236â238
   Â
Gorbachev at,
231â233
,
235â241
   Â
Mitterand at,
240â241
Military
   Â
Bush, George H. W., in U.S.,
191â192
   Â
Kyrgyzstan,
346
Military, Soviet