Russia by Robert Service

Russia by Robert Service

The first history of modern Russia from 1991 to the present day by one of the leading historians of the 20th century USSR and Russia. In 1991, in a huge experiment with a people and in a state of euphoria, Boris Yeltsin abolished the USSR and recreated the Russian nation. At the point of its declaration is was in a state of economic and social disarray and yet there were high hopes. Hopes which have subsequently been dashed. Robert Service brings to bear his vast knowledge of the people and the country to put the recent upheavals into context and he shows that not everything changed for the worst 1991. The Gorbachev years have allowed the Russian people to give a priority to living a private life and shutting the door on the state. They could think what they liked. The could enjoy intellectual and religious freedom, and indulge in recreations their income would allow. Gays and Lesbians could come 'out'. The Youth culture could finally be loosed from contraints. This is a broad political, social and cultural history of one of the newest nations ever to be formed.

Robert Service is the author of the trilogy Lenin: A Political Life - whcih is acknowledged as the definitve academic political biography of the man - and of Lenin: A Biography (Macmillan) and History Of 20TH Century Russia (Penguin), and numerous other books on Russian history.

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ISBN 13	9780330488624
ISBN 10	0330488627
Title	Russia
Author	Robert Service
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2003-04-04
Number of pages	416
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