Russia's Path from Gorbachev to Putin

Russia's Path From Gorbachev to Putin: The Demise of the Soviet System and the New Russia

Russia's Path from Gorbachev to Putin was written by David Kotz, and Fred Weir. The 400 page book was published by Routledge in 2007 with an ISBN 10 of 1135992061. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Russia's Path from Gorbachev to Putin mentions 1 serial killers including Anatoly Biryukov. The author David Kotz has 2 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

Over the past few years, many of the former Communist-rule countries of Central and Eastern Europe have taken a steady path toward becoming more or less normal capitalist countries - with Poland and Hungary cases in point. Russia, on the other hand, has experienced extreme difficulties in its attempted transition to capitalism and democracy. The pursuit of Western-endorsed policies of privatization, liberalization and fiscal austerity have brought Russia growing crime and corruption, a distorted economy and a trend toward authoritarian government. In their 1996 book - Revolution from Above - David Kotz and Fred Weir shed light on the underlying reasons for the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union and the severe economic and political problems of...