Download or read book The Second Russian Revolution written by Angus Roxburgh and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to accompany a BBC television series of the same name, this book offers a political history of perestroika. The author uses interviews with senior Soviet politicians to outline how Mikhail Gorbachev and his allies are attempting to transform the USSR from totalitarianism to democracy.