Each of the nine chapters of Insights: Soviet Union opens with a colorful photo and two overview questions which alert you to the chapter theme. The first chapter consists in its entirety of a primary reading source reading entitled "A View of All the Russias." This reading brings to life the immensity and the variety of the Soviet Union. In the remaining eight chapters of the text, a primary source reading and a short paragraph which involve you in the chapter topic follow the overview questions.