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The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war Cover Image Book Book

The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war / Arkady Ostrovsky.

Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971- (author.).

Summary:

"A highly original narrative history by The Economists Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in Age of Ambition,"--Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399564161
  • ISBN: 0399564160
  • Physical Description: 374 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Atlantic Books.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-355) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-
Russia (Federation) > History > 1991-
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > Western countries.
Western countries > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)

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La Conner Regional Library 947.08 OSTROV 104874 NON FICTION Available -

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