The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war

The Resource The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war
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The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war
Title remainder
from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war
Statement of responsibility
Arkady Ostrovsky
Title variation
invention of Russia
Title variation remainder
from Gorbachevs freedom to Putins war
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Language
eng
Summary
"A highly original narrative history by The Economist's Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in The Age of Ambition. The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently anti-American and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those heady days to the autocratic police state of Putin's new Russia? The Invention of Russia is a breathtakingly ambitious book that reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of the fight for the soul of a nation. With the deep insight only possible of a native son, Arkady Ostrovsky introduces us to the propagandists, oligarchs and fixers who have set Russia's course since the collapse of the Soviet Union, inventing a new and more ominous identity for a country where ideas are all too often wielded like a cudgel"--PRovided by publisher
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Award
Orwell Prize, 2016.
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
947.086
Index
index present
LC call number
DK510.76
LC item number
.O87 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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