Research Catalog

Title

!Zhirinovsky! / Vladimir Kartsev with Todd Bludeau.

Author

Kart︠s︡ev, Vladimir.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bludeau, Todd.

Description

xii, 198 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russian people have seen a breakdown not only of communist ideology but of the basic norms of a functioning society. The pervasive, almost palpable atmosphere of despair has led many Russians to seek extreme solutions for their societal malaise. Vladimir Zhirinovsky has exploited this growing desperation, taking the country by storm with his outrageous pronouncements and promises. Seen by Western critics with varying degrees of skepticism, Zhirinovsky is no fleeting curiosity in his motherland. He has even been called by some the "only man who can lead this country out of the darkness and into the light." Indeed, polls have shown that he is considered by many Russians to offer the greatest hope of pulling post-Cold War Russia out of the social and economic slump that has brought the country to its knees. Yet others in his native land and abroad have likened him to Hitler. Disturbingly, he does not shy away from these comparisons.

Subject

• Zhirinovskiĭ, Vladimir, 1946-
• Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Rossii
• Since 1991
• 1990-2000
• Politicians > Russia (Federation) > Biography
• Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. ONE Perestroika, Zhirinovsky, and Mir -- 1. Mir Publishing House from Stalin to Gorbachev -- 2. Zhirinovsky's Early Life -- 3. Zhirinovsky, the KGB, and Me -- pt. TWO Zhirinovsky : The Man and the Party -- 4. Zhirinovsky's Runs for Power -- 5. The LDPR Program : Politics and Economics -- 6. The Smashing Victory : The December 1993 Elections -- pt. THREE Bespredel and Zhirinovsky -- 7. Piratization : Privatization Russian-Style -- 8. The Rise of the Rafia -- 9. Bespredel -- pt. 4 Zhirinovsky Today (and Tomorrow?) -- 10. Zhirinovsky' and Madonna -- 11. The New Russian Roulette.

ISBN

0231102100 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95000960^

OCLC

• 31971179
• SCSB-12200195

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library