Providing an overview of post-Soviet Russia, this book inquires into the nature of the 'Second Russian Revolution'. Of interest to students and the general reader, Lovell argues that Russia deserves attention, because it raises so many of the big questions about how societies op…
"The enormously complex changes triggered by the collapse of communism were nowhere more ambiguous than in Russia. Here the population was divided on all the most fundamental questions of post-communist transition: economic reforms, the Communist Party, the borders of the state,…
The enormously complex changes triggered by the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe were nowhere more ambiguous than in the heartland of the Soviet bloc, Russia itself. Here the population was divided on all the most fundamental questions of post-communist transition: econom…
Susan Richards draws from her own experiences, as well as those of people she met during repeated visits to Russia between 1992 and 2008, to look at what live is like in the former Soviet Union since the end of communism.
"Now fully updated, this comprehensive text explores Russian international relations, comparing foreign policy formation under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Medvedev, and Putin. Drawing on an impressive mastery of both Russian and Western sources, Tsygankov shows how Moscow's policies hav…
La 4e de couv. indique : "Now fully revised and updated, this clear and comprehensive text explores the past quarter-century of Soviet/Russian international relations, comparing foreign policy formation under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Medvedev, and Putin. Drawing on an impressive mast…
After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev. In this new work, Ru…