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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. 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. Arkady Ostrovsky. Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-355) and index. e-ru--- e-ur--- 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 338 DK 510.76 O85i 2015 947.086 Ostrovsky, Arkady, 1971- author. New York : Viking, [2017] (DLC) 2016019884 9780399564161 (hardcover) 9780399564185 (ebook) 2016008393 DLC 160412 20230410103812.0 124236 eng