Kremlinology

Kremlinology
/krem'li nol"euh jee/, n.
the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, esp. the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs. Also called Sovietology.
[1955-60; KREMLIN + -O- + -LOGY]

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