2. Comparing China and Russia: Phases of Communist Revolution (previously covered) Post-Communist Transitions (covered today)

3. Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader: Glastnost (openness) Perestroika (restructuring) Elections within Communist Party

4. Institutions in Post- Communist Russia: Replacement of one-party Communist rule with multiparty democracy End of command style economy

5. 2004 Russian presidential election

6. Interests in Post-Communist Russia: Party apparatchiks become oligarchs. Economic discontent and loss of security makes some people nostalgic for Communism.

7. Identities in Post-Communist Russia: What replacement for Communist ideology? Rise of ethnic (including ethnic Russian) nationalism

8. http://www.russianeconomy.org/comments/0 42505.htmlhttp://www.russianeconomy.org/comments/0 42505.html (see figure 2)

9. “Economic growth in China, democracy in Russia, which country is getting it right?”