Yeltsin Era Russia · Politics Volume

Author: Haiyun
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The "Political Volume" provides a comprehensive yet focused review of the development of the Russian political situation during Yeltsin's era, while systematically and deeply analyzing Russia's political system, party politics, federal system, social trends, and various social issues. This volume adopts a structure that combines historical writing with political commentary. The first five chapters focus on history, centered around major historical events, striving for accuracy, richness, and objectivity; the following five chapters delve into politics, discussing a series of deep-seated issues related to the development of the Russian political situation, aiming for dialectical analysis, accurate perspectives, and thought-provoking insights. The chapters on history cover most of the major historical events that significantly impacted the Russian political situation from the "August 19th Incident" in 1991 to December 1999. To ensure the coherence of historical facts, the author also provides a summary of the political situation beyond major events. To facilitate readers' reflection while reading history, the author extensively employs a combination of factual accounts and commentary, with a dedicated section at the end of each chapter for concentrated discussion. The chapters on political analysis address the main issues debated in the Russian political arena and most closely by readers, such as the formation, characteristics, and development trends of Russia's political system, the formation, features, and trends of Russia's party politics, the evolution, characteristics, and prospects of Russia's federal system, social trends during the transition period and their impact on the development of the political situation, social issues during the transition period and their prospects for resolution, and so on. For the convenience of readers, an "Annals of Major Russian Political Events from August 1991 to December 1999" is also included at the end of the volume.