The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war
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The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war
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Physical Description:
374 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary:
The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently anti-American and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those heady days to the autocratic police state of Putin's new Russia? The Invention of Russia is a breathtakingly ambitious book that reaches back to the darkest days of the cold war to tell the story of the fight for the soul of a nation. With the deep insight only possible of a native son, Ostrovsky introduces us to the propagandists, oligarchs, and fixers who have set Russia's course since the collapse of the Soviet Union, inventing a new and more ominous identity for a country where ideas are all too often wielded like a cudgel.
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.
Publication Info:
New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Subject:
Post-communism -- Russia (Federation) -- History. |
Nationalism -- Russia (Federation) -- History. |
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- History. |
Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- |
Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991- |
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries. |
Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991- |
Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation). |
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- |
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022 |
Putin, Wladimir Wladimirowitsch, 1952- |
Putin, Volodymyr, 1952- |
Pujing, 1952- |
Poutine, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, 1952- |
Путин, Владимир Владимирович, 1952- |
Putinas, Vladimiras, 1952- |
Putin, V. V. (Vladimir Vladimirovich), 1952- |
Poetin, Vladimir Vladimirovitsj, 1952- |
Gorbačov, Michail, 1931-2022 |
Gorbatschow, Michail, 1931-2022 |
Gorbachev, M. S. (Mikhail Sergeevich), 1931-2022 |
Gorbachov, Mikhail, 1931-2022 |
Gorbachov, M. S., 1931-2022 |
Gorbatchev, Mikhaïl, 1931-2022 |
Gorbaciov, Michail Sergeevic, 1931-2022 |
Gorbachev, Mijaíl, 1931-2022 |
Ko-erh-pa-chʻiao-fu, 1931-2022 |
Ghūrbātshūf, 1931-2022 |
Gorbatsjov, Michail, 1931-2022 |
Gorbaczow, Michaił, 1931-2022 |
Jūrbātshūf, Mīkhāʼīl, 1931-2022 |
Gorbaciov, Mikhail Sergejevic, 1931-2022 |
Gorubachofu, Mihairu, 1931-2022 |
Gorbachov, Mijail S., 1931-2022 |
Kō̜kbāsep, Mikhāʻīn, 1931-2022 |
Gkormpatsoph, M., 1931-2022 |
Gorbačëv, Michail, 1931-2022 |
Gorbacsov, Mihail, 1931-2022 |
Ko-pa-chʻi-fu, M., 1931-2022 |
Gorbats'ov, Mikhaʼel, 1931-2022 |
Gorbaciov, Mihail, 1931-2022 |
Gorbachov, Michael, 1931-2022 |
Gorbatxov, Mikhaïl Serguèievitx, 1931-2022 |
Gorbatšov, Mihail, 1931-2022 |
Горбачев, Михаил Сергеевич, 1931-2022 |
גורבצ׳ב, מיכאל סרגייביץ׳, 1931־2022 |
גורבצ׳וב |
戈爾巴喬夫, 1931-2022 |
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931- |
Postcommunism |
Consciousness, National |
Identity, National |
National consciousness |
National identity |
Market economy |
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- 1991- |
Occident |
West (Western countries) |
Western nations |
Western world |
SAILS ISBN:
9780399564161