The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy by Sergei Markov

The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy by Sergei Markov

The demise of communism in the Soviet Union could not have occurred without the activism of dissident, anticommunist leaders who created a climate that gave ordinary Russians the courage to stand up to and defeat communist control. But with communism ousted, what new form of government and what new leaders will emerge in Russia, a society that has never known democracy? Michael McFaul, a Western scholar studying at Moscow State University, and Segel Markov, an assistant professor at Moscow State University, interviewed anticommunist parties in the months preceding and immediately following the August 1991 attempted coup d'tetat. To examine the range of the political spectrum in Russia, they also talked to procommunist leaders who emerged to oppose Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms, nationalist and anti-Semitic leaders of movements such as Pamyat', labor unions, Christian movements, and organizations opposed to the division of the Soviet Union.

Michael McFaul is a political science professor at Stanford University, as well as the director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Center for International Studies and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He worked in the Obama administration for five years, first as a special assistant to the president and senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council, then as the United States' ambassador to Russia. he is the Russian Federation's ambassador. Dr. McFaul is also an NBC News expert and a Washington Post contributing columnist. His books include Russia's Unfinished Revolution: Political Transformation from Gorbachev to Putin, which he wrote or coauthored.

Montana is where Dr. McFaul was born and reared. He graduated with a B.A. His B.A. in international relations and Slavic languages, as well as his M.A. in international relations and Slavic languages, Stanford University awarded him a B.A. in Soviet and East European studies, and he went on to finish his D.A. in Soviet and East European studies.

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ISBN 13	9780817992323
ISBN 10	0817992324
Title	The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy
Author	Sergei Markov
Series	Hoover Institution Press Publication
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
Year published	1993-05-30
Number of pages	384
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