民众的不满究竟在多大程度上促进了苏联的解体?迄今为止,这个复杂的问题还没有得到充分研究。为什么大多数苏联问题专家没有思考苏联民众不满的本质和意义呢?为什么观察家们如此迟钝于怀疑苏联体制的可行性?为什么他们对少数人的下述观点无动于衷,即苏联的基础在很大程度上是建立在沙土之上,而且到1989年,其体制已经表现出了开始解体的迹象?大多数人都坚持认为,尽 To what extent did public discontent promote the dissolution of the Soviet Union? To date, this complex issue has not yet been fully studied. Why do most Soviet experts fail to think about the nature and significance of Soviet popular discontent? Why are observers so dull in doubting the viability of the Soviet system? Why are they indifferent to the minority’s view that the Soviet foundation is largely Is built on sand and, by 1989, has its system shown signs of disintegration? Most people insist that doing