The Invention of Russia
From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
New York : Viking, [2016]
Format: Book
Description: 374 pages ; 24 cm
"A highly original narrative history by The Economist’s Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in Age of Ambition,"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
I: In The Beginning Was The Word -- 1. Fathers and Sons -- 2. New Beginning or Dead End -- 3. "We Suffered a Victory" -- 4. Kommersant or the Birth of Russian Capitalism -- 5. Loss -- II: "Image Is Everything" -- 6. Normal Television in Abnormal Circumstances -- 7. The Oligarchs' War -- 8. Lights, Camera, Putin -- 9. Remote Control -- 10. Aerial Combat.
Subjects:
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022
Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991-
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.
Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022
Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991-
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.
Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
ISBN:
9780399564161
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Europe Russia Ost | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY Europe Russia Ost | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY Europe Russia Ost | Wheatley (Shandon) | Nonfiction | In |
First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Atlantic Books.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-355) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-355) and index.