Russia one year later Richard Pipes «The Washington Post»  (16 August 1992) IN THE MORNING hours of July 7, 1992 an unusual spectacle unfolded in the center of Moscow, off Staraya Ploshchad, where until recently the all-powerful Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) had had its headquarters: In a small … Continue reading The Past on Trial (1992)