NATION

The Union: Haunted By History's Horrors (The Union)

In allowing Stalin's crimes to be exhumed, Gorbachev is trying ( to create a mandate for his reforms. But what if debate about the past calls the legitimacy of the state into question?

The Union: Then and Now (The Union)

Nearly 20 years after being expelled, a TIME correspondent returns to discover what is new -- and not new -- in Moscow

The Union: What the Comrades Say (The Union)

In the most extensive Soviet poll on perestroika ever conducted for a foreign publication, TIME discovers surprising candor -- and more than a little dissension

WORLD

The Union: A Long, Mighty Struggle (The Union)

A historic -- and surprising -- election is the latest indication that, for all his troubles, Gorbachev's revolution is transforming his nation

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

Behavior: Rehabilitating Sex (Behavior)

The erotic is no longer taboo in the media or in schools. But ( a tradition of silence does not die so easily

PRESS

Press: Typing Out the Fear

With remarkable candor, a leading editor describes the joys and pains of being on the cutting edge of glasnost

RELIGION

TECHNOLOGY

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BUSINESS

Joint Misadventures

Once giddy about doing deals, Western firms discover that their Soviet partners are not always on the line

On the Front Line

The co-op movement is thriving, but has run into resistance from bureaucrats and resentment among consumers

Turning Up The Power

To revitalize its moribund industry, Moscow aims to free some plants from meddlesome central planners and encourage enterprise

EDUCATION

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: Canvases of Their Own (Art)

Now that socialist realism has been undone, artists struggle between the desire to find a fresh vision and the lure of Western markets

Cinema: Censors' Day Off (Cinema)

As audiences cheer, filmmakers are ushering a May Day parade of social ills -- and a little sex -- onto the screen

The Arts: Freedom Waiting for Vision (The Arts)

From theater to painting, from movies to books, from television to magazines, the cultural thaw has turned into a spring flood. But where is the new Soviet Renaissance?

Music: Hot, Hot, Hot: Brigada S (Music)

Teens from Tallinn to Vladivostok love all nine members of a homegrown band whose songs sound like (yes) the Andrews Sisters on acid

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