Perestroika's Concept and its Implementation is a project devoted to the historical and archival reconstruction of Perestroika’s concept and its implementation. The study is based on the notes that Gorbachev’s assistants were taking at meetings of the Politburo of the Communist Party Central Committee.
The minutes of the Politburo meetings were published in two editions:
In the Politburo of the Soviet Union Communist Party's Central Committee / V Politburo TsK KPSS... Based on the notes of Anatoly Chernyaev, Vadim Medvedev, Georgy Shakhnazarov (1985-1991). Moscow, Alpina Business Books, 2006, 783 p.. -- 1st ed.
In the Politburo of the Soviet Union Communist Party's Central Committee / V Politburo TsK KPSS... Based on the notes of Anatoly Chernyaev, Vadim Medvedev, Georgy Shakhnazarov (1985-1991). Moscow, Gorbachev Foundation, 2008, 900 p. 2nd ed., corrected and complemented.
