A Journey Through the Yeltsin Era

EEn......Page 1
Front Cover......Page 2
Back Cover......Page 3
Copyright Info......Page 6
TOC......Page 7
Translator's Note......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
Part 1 - Myths and Realities of Capitalism in Russia......Page 17
1 - A Capitalist Perestroika: First Steps, 1992-1993......Page 18
2 - Obstacles to Capitalist Development in Russia......Page 55
3 - Privatization, Government Crisis, and Elections (1993)......Page 95
4 - The End of Market Romanticism......Page 145
5 - Russia's New Class......Page 178
Part 2 - The Elections of 1995-6 and their Aftermath......Page 210
6 - Duma Elections, December 1995......Page 211
7 - Gennady Zyuganov as Politician and Ideologist......Page 235
8 - The Inevitability of Change......Page 272
Part 3 - 1998: A Year of Upheaval......Page 285
9 - "War on the Rails"......Page 286
10 - Financial Collapse and Another Change of Government......Page 309
Postscript - Yeltsin's Last Year......Page 347
11 - Why the Dismissal of Primakov?......Page 348
12 - The Dismissal of Stepashin......Page 354
13 - Who Is Putin?......Page 356
14 - The Second Chechnya War......Page 361
15 - The December 1999 Elections......Page 363
16 - A Change Without a Coup or Revolution......Page 365
Index......Page 368