The Invention of Russia by Arkady Ostrovsky

The Invention of Russia

Arkady Ostrovsky

383 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics tense slow-paced

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"In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev launched Perestroika, opened Russia up to the world, ended the Cold War and gave his people freedom. The demise of the Soviet Union offered hope that Russia would become a 'normal', 'civilized' country, embracing Western...

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