Roy Medvedev 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 and “shock therapy and ” to the privatization of state owned property and Yeltsin’s resignation and replacement by Vladimir Putin, this is a saga of good intentions, philosophical warfare, and catastrophic miscalculations.

Post-Soviet Russia: A Journey Through the Yeltsin Era [ POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE YELTSIN ERA BY Medvedev, Roy Aleksandrovich ( Author ) Nov-06-2002

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