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Title

Yeltsin's Russia : myths and reality / Lilia Shevtsova.

Author

Shevt︠s︡ova, Lilii︠a︡, 1951-

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : Distributor, Brookings Institution Press, c1999.

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Description

xii, 345 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality is the most current and comprehensive account of the achievements - and failures - of Boris Yeltsin's Russia. Combining keen political analysis with the unique perspective of a native observer, Shevtsova's book also offers a valuable assessment of the forces that will shape the post-Yeltsin era.

Subject

• Elʹcin, Boris, 1931-2007
• El'tsin, Boris Nikolaevich
• Since 1991
• 1980-1990
• 1990-2000
• Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-

Note

• "Carnegie Endowment book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-324) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Arnold L. Horclick -- The Farewell to Communism and the First Reforms: 1989-92 -- Soviet Collapse or Nomenklatura Revolution? -- Events That Determined the End of the Soviet Union -- The Last Days of the USSR -- "The Cadres Decide Everything" -- Yeltsin Creates His Own "Pyramid of Power" -- Gaidar Appears on the Scene -- Struggle as a Means of Survival -- The New Political Specter: 1992 -- Post-Communist Pluralism -- The Clay Is Not Easily Molded -- Parliament Becomes the Enemy -- The Congress as Political Theater -- Yeltsin Prepares His Concessions -- The Hot Summer of 1992 -- The Liberals Sense Their Isolation -- A Brewing Conflict with Parliament: 1992-93 -- Yeltsin Prepares for the Moment of Truth -- Chernomyrdin Appears on the Scene -- The Cease-Fire Is Broken -- Yeltsin Loses--and Responds -- The President Wins -- Yeltsin's September "Revolution" and the Elections: 1993-94 -- The Struggle Reaches a New Level -- The Denouement Approaches -- Yeltsin Avenged -- Was the Conflict Inevitable? -- The Victors Get Away with It -- Elections to the Tamed Parliament -- The Final Departure of Gaidar -- Yeltsin Allows Himself to Relax -- Moscow's Chechen War: 1994-95 -- A New Game -- Stabilization Russiaa Style -- The First Steps in the Chechen Conflict -- What Caused the War? -- The Reaction to the War -- Yeltsin Finds Support -- Chechnya Gridlock -- The First Hostage Crisis and the Prime Minister -- Does Moscow Know How to Conduct Negotiations? -- Russia Chooses a New Parliament: 1995 -- The Heroes of the Opposition Fade.

ISBN

• 0870030949 (cloth)
• 0870031279 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^98049034^

OCLC

40180171

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library