Eternal Russia: Yeltsin, Gorbachev and the Mirage of Democracy

by JonathanSteele (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1994

  $5.06

  This is an account of Russia before, during and after Communism, including the 1991 coup. It unravels the key issues troubling outside observers and the Russians themselves. The book draws directly on interviews with Gorbachev, members of the Politburo and members of the Yeltsin team. It also takes a grass-roots perspective; through eye-witness experiences as the extraordinary changes unfolded from 1987 to the present day, the book follows the citizens' movements, the protest marches, the public demonstrations, and the August 1991 coup. It explains how ordinary people too events into their own hands and how Russians reacted to the loss of their empire.

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.25

  Drawing on interviews with leading figures such as Gorbachev and senior members of the Yeltsin team, this book examines the extraordinary changes that have occurred in Russia since 1987. It also describes how ordinary people took events into their own hands, and how Russians reacted to the loss of their empire. The author has won three major awards for his reporting on Russia, and received the London Press Club's Scoop of the Year Award for getting to Gorbachev's prison villa in the Crimea and interviewing him during the coup.