Before the Modern Russian Revolution
A Memoir about Traveling in the U.S.S.R. in a Time of Transformation
Today, when Russia has regained its power on the world stage and Putin is restoring many of the old traditions and systems, it is helpful to understand what Russia was like at the time of transformation set in motion by Gorbachev and continued by Yeltsin. For a time Russia went through a period called glasnost and perestroika when all things seemed possible and a spirit of democracy was in the air. The Soviet Union was breaking up and everyday citizens were imagining a new democratic future, though this restructuring soon led to a rampant period of new capitalism and crime, before the crackdown and new economic transformation under Putin.…
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- ISBN: 978-0-595-50838-9
- EAN: 9780595508389
- Produktnummer: 3854447
- Verlag: iUniverse
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 244 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.4 cm 381 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 381
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