3 DECEMBER 1988, page 13

Where Will It End?

Timothy Garton Ash looks at the Soviet empire's pioneer in unravelling communism Budapest WHERE will it end? Armenia irredenta. Estonia for independence. Poland for Thatcherism.......

The Kingdom Of Tamburlaine

Stephen Handelman on the nationalist sensibilities of Soviet Central Asia Samarkand IT IS only a short walk from the green marble tomb of Tamburlaine, the 14th- century......