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Russia - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover)
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Russia - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover)
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know (R)
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Today's Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is often
viewed as less powerful than the Soviet Union of the past. When
stacked against other major nations in the present, however, the
new Russia is a formidable if flawed player. Russia: What Everyone
Needs to Know (R) provides fundamental information about the
origins, evolution, and current affairs of the Russian state and
society. The story begins with Russia's geographic endowment,
proceeds through its experiences as a kingdom and empire, and
continues through the USSR's three-quarters of a century, and
finally the shocking breakup of that regime a generation ago.
Chapters on the failed attempt to reform Communism under Mikhail
Gorbachev, the halting steps toward democratization under Boris
Yeltsin, and the entrenchment of central controls under Vladimir
Putin bring the reader into the contemporary scene and to
headline-grabbing events such as Russia's annexation of the Crimean
Peninsula from Ukraine and its military intervention in Syria.
Drawing on trends within Russia and on ratings and rankings
compiled by international organizations, Colton discusses the
challenges facing the country-ranging from economic recession to
demographic stress, political stagnation, and overextension in
foreign policy-and to the realistic options for coping with them.
The book shows that, although Russia is not imprisoned by its
history, it is heavily influenced by it. Colton illustrates
Russia's greatest strength and, ironically, its greatest weakness:
the ability of its people to adapt themselves to difficult
circumstances beyond their immediate control. Russia, as Putin has
asserted, will not soon be a second edition of the United States or
Britain. But, Colton shows, there are ways in which it could become
a better version of itself.
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