With the 1991 collapse of the Societ Union Russia launched a transition to Western-style democracy. But a decade later, Boris Yeltsin's handpicked successor, Vladimir Putin, is not taking the country in the direction it was expected to go. Unsettling revelations about Putin are disclosed. As Russia continues to build its relationship with the United States its future is still uncertain.
Vladimir Putin is Russia's third president under their Democratic government experiment. Handpicked by Boris Yeltsin to succeed him, Putin held strong convictions about how his country should be managed and where he wanted to stand on the world's stage. Fiercely patriotic and ambitious, Putin began his career as a counterintelligence spy but when the Soviet Union's Communist rule dissolved in 1989 he was determined to find another way to serve his country.
Examines the leadership strategies of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, the two men who presided over the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet politics in the years between 1985 and 1999, discussing why they acted as they did, how they built support for their programs, and how their achievements and failures might be evaluated.
Traces the history of Russia through the twentieth century, exploring the social, political, economic, and cultural figures and events that shaped the region and its people and describing the social and economic difficulties that have plagued Russia over the years.
A biography of Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected head of state in Russian history, focusing on his accomplishments in post-Communist Russia, including the introduction of a free-market economy and private property.
Traces the history of Russia through a collection of nearly thirty primary and secondary sources, looking at ancient Russia through the Mongol invasion, czarist Russia, revolutionary times, the Soviet Union, and modern challenges.
Examines the life of Russian president Vladimir Putin, discussing his childhood, his work as a counterintelligence spy for the KGB, and his efforts to find another way to serve his country after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
