Russia's Fate Through Russian Eyes: Voices of the New Generation

Russia's Fate Through Russian Eyes: Voices of the New Generation

by HeywardIsham (Editor), NatanM.Shklyar (Editor)

Synopsis

Over 25 young Russian intellectuals describe the perplexing, sometimes shocking, and often contradictory evolution of their troubled country.. Blowing the cobwebs from antiquated notions of Russia as an enigmatic nation doomed to tragic failure, twenty-eight articulate and entrepreneurial young Russian men and women--representatives of a new generation who came of age during and after the fall of the Soviet Union--record the hopes, fears, and triumphs of recent years. These trailblazers share stories of the very specific actions they and others like them have taken to move Russia toward a more civilized, responsible, and vibrant society. They describe their efforts to reshape the Russian state, cope with the new economic rules, strive toward a rule of law, build a civil society, and preserve Russian culture while modernizing its educational system. They paint a picture of a society borne up in its many travails by a stubborn will to survive and by a capacity to adapt ingeniously and swiftly to changes, both welcome and unwelcome.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Publisher: Westview Press Inc
Published: 21 Dec 2000

ISBN 10: 0813338662
ISBN 13: 9780813338668

Media Reviews
Russia's Fate Through Russian Eyes makes an important contribution to the West's understanding of the profound disorientation which the political, economic, and social upheavals have had on the lives of ordinary Russian citizens. These essays by rising young leaders of the post-Soviet generation, as yet largely unknown in the West, speak with unusual candor of the frustrations and deprivations, the loneliness and yeaming for leadership that pervade all regions and walks of life. Heyward Isham has provided valuable insight into the issues that must be faced by the architects of Russia's future. Henry A. Kissinger
Author Bio
Heyward Isham, served as political and economic officer in Berlin, Moscow, and Hong Kong, prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Haiti. He is the editor of Remaking Russia: Voices from Within, has been Vice President of the EastWest Institute since 1990.