03263cam a2200493 i 4500 124236 20230410103812.0 160412s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 19053153 acquire 1 shelf copy policy default lcc bk 2016008393 9780399564161 (hardcover) 9780399564185 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc e-ru--- e-ur--- 338 DK 510.76 O85i 2015 947.086 Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971- The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war / Arkady Ostrovsky. New York : Viking, [2015] 374 p. ; 24 cm "A highly original narrative history by The Economist's Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in The Age of Ambition. The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently anti-American and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those heady days to the autocratic police state of Putin's new Russia? The Invention of Russia is a breathtakingly ambitious book that reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of the fight for the soul of a nation. With the deep insight only possible of a native son, Arkady Ostrovsky introduces us to the propagandists, oligarchs and fixers who have set Russia's course since the collapse of the Soviet Union, inventing a new and more ominous identity for a country where ideas are all too often wielded like a cudgel"--PRovided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-355) and index. Prologue: A Silent Procession --I. In the Beginning Was the Word -- 1. Fathers and Sons -- 2. New Beginning or Dead End -- 3. "We Suffered a Victory" -- 4. Kommersant or the Birth of Russian Capitalism -- 5. Loss -- II. "Image is Everything" -- 6. Normal Television in Abnormal Circumstances -- 7. The Oligarchs' War -- 8. Lights, Camera, Putin -- 9. Remote Control -- 10. Aerial Combat -- Dramatis Personæ. Russia (Federation) History 1991- Soviet Union History 1985-1991. Social change Russia (Federation) History. Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991- Post-communism Russia (Federation) History. Political culture Russia (Federation) History. Nationalism Russia (Federation) History. Capitalism Social aspects Russia (Federation) History. Russia (Federation) Social conditions 1991- Rusia (Federación) Política y gobierno 1991. Rusia (Federación) Condiciones sociales 1991. Rusia (Federación) Condiciones económicas 1991. Rusia Política y gobierno 1991. Rusia Historia 1991. Postcomunismo Federación Rusa. Online version: Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971- author. Invention of Russia New York : Viking, [2017] 9780399564185 (DLC) 2016019884 JaaM 26114 26114 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 338 DK 510.76 O85i 2015 00000117138 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk