Trenin, Dmitri
Russia
Over the past century alone, Russia has lived through great achievements and deepest misery; mass heroism and mass crime; over-blown ambition and near-hopeless despair – always emerging with its sovereignty and its fiercely independent spirit intact.
In this book, leading Russia scholar Dmitri Trenin accompanies readers on Russia’s rollercoaster journey from revolution to post-war devastation, perestroika to Putin’s stabilization of post-Communist Russia. Explaining the causes and the meaning of the numerous twists and turns in contemporary Russian history, he offers a vivid insider’s view of a country through one of its most trying and often tragic periods. Today, he cautions, Russia stands at a turning point – politically, economically and socially – its situation strikingly reminiscent of the Russian Empire in its final years. For the Russian Federation to avoid a similar demise, it must learn the lessons of its own history.
Keywords: Russia, History, USSR, Soviet, communism, war, FSR, Cold War, perestroika, Stalin, Lenin, tsar, Russian Federation, oil, Duma, Gorbachev, Putin, USSR, Global Politics, Political & Diplomatic History, War & Peace Studies, Global Politics, Political & Diplomatic History, War & Peace Studies
- Author(s)
- Trenin, Dmitri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2019
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 200 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781509527700
- Printed ISBN
- 9781509527670