The invention of Russia from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war

The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently expansionary and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those days to the autocratic police state of Putin new Russia? The Invention of Russia reaches...

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Main Author:	Ostrovsky, Arkady 1971- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Viking [2015]
Subjects:	Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich > 1952- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich > 1931- Russia (Federation) > History > 1991- Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991- Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > Western countries Western countries > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)
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