Post-Soviet Russia: A Journey Through the Yeltsin Era by Roy Medvedev - 2000

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Columbia University Press, 2000-11-15. hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Columbia University Press, 2000 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 394 pp. Notes, index. New/New.

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Columbia Univ. Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). As New/As New. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 394 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Economics; Russia; History. ISBN: 0231106068. ISBN/EAN: 9780231106061. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 29974. . 9780231106061

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New. Roy Medvedev, one of the world's best-known Russian scholars and a former consultant to both Gorbachev and Yeltsin 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 an intricately fascinating saga of good intentions, philosophical warfare, and catastrophic miscalculations. Among the many compelling facts detailed here are Yeltsin's utter surprise-and lack of preparation-at the failed coup against Gorbachev in 1991, when power fell virtually into his lap; his failure to heed the warnings of learned advisers like Yuri Yaremenko, who knew that Western economics could not be applied to Russia; and Yeltsin's… Read More

Columbia University Press, 2000-11-15. hardcover. Used:Good.

Columbia Univ Pr, 2000. Hardcover. New. 394 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches.