The Great Challenge: Nationalities and the Bolshevik State 1917-1930

by Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

Traces the failure of Soviet nationalities policy to the formative years of the Bolshevik regime when that policy was formulated and implemented. This book explores the unfolding of the national question from pre-revolutionary period bringing to light the array of national issues that made history in the old Soviet satellites around the Baltic.

262 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili) was the permanent secretary of the Académie Française and a historian specializing in Russian history. She was a graduate of the elite Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po).

In 1991, Goudji created the academician's sword for her.

Her son, Emmanuel Carrère (born 1957), is an author, screenwriter and director.

(Wikipedia)

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