Post-Soviet Russia
Contributors: George Shriver (Translator)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: November 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780231106061
Subjects: European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; c 1990 to c 2000; History; Business / Economics / Finance; History: American; Russia; Development - Economic Development; Eastern Europe - General; Post-Communism; Political Science / International Relations; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Political Ideologies - Democracy; 1991-; Capitalism; Economic conditions; Economic policy; Russia (Federation)
First sentence: After the failed coup attempt of August 1991 the power of the central government of the Soviet Union faltered.
Description: "Roy Medvedev analyzes the main events that have transpired in the Russian federation since late August 1991. He looks at the plans that were meant to restructure a society in crisis but - for reasons both complex and obvious - were destined to fail.

From the drastic liberalization of prices and "shock therapy" to the privatization of state owned property and Yeltsin's resignation and replacement by Vladimir Putin, this is a saga of good intentions, philosophical warfare, and catastrophic miscalculations."--BOOK JACKET.