This is the first account of Russia's second revolution -the country's dramatic, wrenching transition from communist centralplanning to a market economy. Written by one of the finest writerson contemporary Russia, it is told by interweaving high politicswith glimpses of the revolution's impact on the lives of ordinarypeople. Beginning with a sharp portrayal of the dismal livingconditions in the Soviet Union, she moves on to the romantic earlydays of the capitalist transformation. This was the height ofmarket euphoria when, despite the chaos of everyday life, aprosperous future seemed within easy reach. Woven through the bookare remarkable stories - of Yeltsin's use of popular psychics, ofthe might of the 'robber barons' who form alliances with criminalmafia gangs, of Machiavellian politicians who 'have dealt with thedevil and believe they have made a good bargain'. In the finalstage of the book, Freeland chronicles the end of the first wave ofRussia's capitalist revolution, detailing the economic crisiscurrently rumbling through the country.
【作者简介】
Chrystia Freeland is deputy Chief Editor of the FINANCIALTIMES. This is her first book.
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