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Russia 1991-2001 (Lives in Crisis)

Russia 1991-2001 (Lives in Crisis)

by SeanSheehan (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

    $31.52
Synopsis

The book opens with a dramatic recount of the attempted coup by hardline communists in August 1991. In the following chapters, it looks at the collapse of the USSR, and the effect on Russian people of radical economic change and the end of centralised Party rule. The Yeltsin regime is assessed: the rise of the oligarchs, wholesale corruption and robber capitalism; and the war in Chechnya. The book concludes with a look at Putin and the future of Russia, still the largest country in the world with over 140 million people and the second biggest nuclear arsenal.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 64
 Publisher: Hodder Wayland
Published: 20 Sep 2001
ISBN 10: 0750234326
ISBN 13: 9780750234320
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
I rate Russia 1991-2001 very highly for its lucid analysis. choice of illustrations and quotations. It will suit KS3 upwards and should be read by adults too. -- The School Librarian 20020401
Author Bio
Sean Sheehan has a degree in Ancient Literature and History. He is fascinated by all aspects of of the ancient world, and in particular the literature of ancient Greece and Rome. A visit to Auschwitz in the 1970s sparked off an interest in the history of the Jewish people and the Holocaust, and since then Sean has spent much time reading and researching the subject. He first visited Russia in the summer of 1982 when he was a teacher in London.