Yeltsin Era Russia. Political Volume

Author: Chief Editor of Maritime History
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Publication Date: 2001-06-01
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 to be accurate, rich, and objective. The last five chapters delve into political analysis, discussing a series of deep-seated issues related to the development of the Russian political situation, aiming for dialectical analysis, precise viewpoints, and thought-provoking insights. The historical chapters cover major events from the "August 19th Incident" in 1991 to December 1999 that significantly impacted the Russian political situation. To ensure continuity, 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 political analysis chapters address key issues debated in the Russian political arena and of greatest concern to readers, such as the formation, characteristics, and trends of Russia's political system, the formation, features, and trajectory of party politics, the evolution, characteristics, and prospects of Russia's federal system, social trends during the transition period and their impact on political developments, social issues during the transition period and their prospects for resolution, and so on. For the convenience of readers, a "Chronicle of Major Russian Political Events from August 1991 to December 1999" is appended at the end of the volume.