Back in the USSR by Boris Kagarlitsky

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Why do commercial advertisements stress that the products they offer are exactly the same as they used to be in Soviet times? And why, year after year, does the government in Moscow organize impressive celebrations for Victory Day, inevitably drawing parallels to the old Soviet ceremonies? This title tackles these questions.

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Back in the USSR by Boris Kagarlitsky

Why do commercial advertisements stress that the products they offer are exactly the same as they used to be in Soviet times? And why, year after year, does the government in Moscow organize impressive celebrations for Victory Day, inevitably drawing parallels to the old Soviet ceremonies? This title tackles these questions.
Boris Kagarlitsky is coordinator of the Transnational Institute Global Crisis project and director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements in Moscow. His previous publications include The Revolt of the Middle Class and Empire of the Periphery: Russia and the World System.
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ISBN 13 9781906497279
ISBN 10 1906497273
Title Back in the USSR
Author Boris Kagarlitsky
Series What Was Communism
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Seagull Books London Ltd
Year published 2009-11-24
Number of pages 88
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