Author : Nicolai N. Petro
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 32,55 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674750012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author : Michael E. Urban
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 1997-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521566117
Blending first hand accounts of grassroots politics with an original theory of social relations under communism, this 1997 book seeks to explain one of the seminal events of this century: the rebirth of politics in Russia amid the collapse of the USSR. The authors trace the process from the pre-political period of dissident activity, through perestroika and the appearance of political groups and publications, elections, the formation of political parties and mass movements, counter-revolution and coup d'état, the victory of democratic forces and the organization of a Russian state; to the struggle of power in the post-communist epoch, the violent end of the first republic and the contentious relations engulfing its successor. By focusing on the popular forces which accomplished Russia's political rebirth, rather than the reforms of the Soviet establishment, this book offers an original perspective on this critical period.
Author : Isaac Frederick Marcosson
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,97 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Russia
ISBN :
Author : John P. Burgess
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300222246
A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy's resurgence A bold experiment is taking place in Russia. After a century of being scarred by militant, atheistic communism, the Orthodox Church has become Russia's largest and most significant nongovernmental organization. As it has returned to life, it has pursued a vision of reclaiming Holy Rus' that historical yet mythical homeland of the eastern Slavic peoples; a foretaste of the perfect justice, peace, harmony, and beauty for which religious believers long; and the glimpse of heaven on earth that persuaded Prince Vladimir to accept Orthodox baptism in Crimea in A.D. 988. Through groundbreaking initiatives in religious education, social ministry, historical commemoration, and parish life, the Orthodox Church is seeking to shape a new, post-communist national identity for Russia. In this eye-opening and evocative book, John Burgess examines Russian Orthodoxy's resurgence from a grassroots level, providing Western readers with an enlightening, inside look at the new Russia.
Author : Brian Harvey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 2007-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387713549
This, fifty years after Sputnik, is the definitive book on the Russian space program. The author covers all the key elements of the current Russian space program, including both manned and unmanned missions. He examines the various types of unmanned applications programs as well as the crucial military program, and even analyzes the infrastructure of production, launch centres and tracking. You’ll also find discussion of the commercialization of the program and its relationship with western companies. Russia’s current space experiment is also put in a comparative global context. Strong emphasis is placed on Russia’s future space intentions and on new programs and missions in prospect.
Author : Anders Aslund
Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 15,34 MB
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0881326976
The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the “great rebirth” of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were the most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that visionary leadership, and a willingness to take bold and comprehensive steps, achieved the best outcomes, and that privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation were essential to success. Recent backsliding, such as the reversal of economic and democratic reforms in Russia and Hungary, has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however.
Author : Anders Åslund
Publisher : Peterson Institute
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 30,72 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 0881325376
Author : Resul Yalcin
Publisher : Garnet & Ithaca Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
This title examines Uzbekistan's development since the break-up of the Soviet Union, its social, political and economic orientation in the modern world and its role as a bridge between East and West, North and South.
Author :
Publisher : 35725340532
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780972970808
A collection of analyses and opinions by some of the leading columnists of the newspaper, The Russia journal, regarding Russian society, its government, economy, and relations with the rest of the world.
Author : Walter Scott Dunn
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811734233
"When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the German Army annihilated a substantial part of the Red Army. Yet the Soviets rebounded to successfully defend Moscow in late 1941, defeat the Germans at Stalingrad in 1942 and Kursk in 1943, and deliver the deathblow in Belarus in 1944 ... Walter Dunn examines these four pivotal battles and explains how the Red Army lost a third of its prewar strength, regrouped, and beat one of the most highly trained and experienced armies in the world"--Page 4 of cover.
