RUSSIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ISBN-13: 978-1-935987-38-3
# pages: 298
Copyright Year: 2013
Suggested Retail: $61.95
Description
Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia is a nation of lavish energy profits, glitzy urban renewal, articulate young professionals, and confident geopolitical significance. It also faces urgent questions about the future of its economy, its political regime, and the power of fast-growing popular movements.
Written for a broad audience – from students and foreign-service officers to entrepreneurs and other global travelers – Russia in the 21st Century combines a cogent narrative with a keen focus on the key issues likely to shape this vast power deep into the 21st century.
The overview is conversational and is organized around key milestone dates such as 1721, 1861, 1921, and 1991 for an easy-to-grasp Russian history “on the ones.” In addition, 20 wide-ranging sources are featured. Readers will encounter:
• Excerpts from a newly declassified KGB file on Andrei Sakharov
• President Vladimir Putin’s account of a private conversation with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger about the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe
• The most recent U.S. State Department report on Russia’s human rights record with an update on imprisoned Yukos oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovksy
• The final article written by murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Designed for the classroom, Russia in the 21st Century also features engaging assignments closely tied to the primary sources in sections on EXPLORE THE CONTENT, DISCUSS THE THEMES, and ANALYZE THE ISSUES, all of which provide both students and teachers with a course-ready format.
Whatever the setting, this book will take readers into the heart of one of the most fascinating – and crucial – places on the planet.
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: 1721: AN EMPIRE OF PETER’S MAKING
Rus & Russia 1
Peter & Catherine 12
CHAPTER ONE: 1861: EMANCIPATIONWITHOUT REPRESENTATION
Russia 1815 20
Crimea & Reform 31
DOCUMENTS & CLASS ACTIVITIES 36
DOCUMENT 1: Donald Mackenzie Wallace on Serfdom (1877) 36
DOCUMENT 2: Address to the Tsar from the Tver Noble Assembly(February 1862) 44
DOCUMENT 3: Petition from Peasants in Voronezh Province(May 1863) 48
CHAPTER TWO: 1921: A PARTY (CONGRESS) TO REMEMBER
Revolution of 1905 61
Revolutions of 1917 72
Lenin Takes a Step Back 83
DOCUMENTS & CLASS ACTIVITIES 85
DOCUMENT 4: The St. Petersburg Workers’ Petition to the Tsar(January 1905) 85
DOCUMENT 5: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Examined (1905) 91DOCUMENT 6: Resolution from Petrograd Peasantsto the Second Congress of Soviets (October 1917) 100
DOCUMENT 7: Resolution from Kronstadt Sailors (March 1921) 104
CHAPTER THREE: 1991: IN STALIN’S SHADOW
A Revolution Gone Wrong 113
The Fatherland Victorious 117
Khrushchev’s Dilemma & Stagnation 122
Gorbachev & People Power 125
DOCUMENTS & CLASS ACTIVITIES 131
DOCUMENT 8: Nikita Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech” (February 1956) 131
DOCUMENT 9: Roy Howard Interviews Stalin (March 1936) 142
DOCUMENT 10: Andrei Zhdanov’s Speechto the Cominform (September 1947) 153
DOCUMENT 11: Letter from Andropov to Brezhnevabout Andrei Sakharov (January 1971) 158
DOCUMENT 12: Mikhail Gorbachev’s “Speech of Resignation”(December 1991) 164
CHAPTER FOUR: 2001: WHY THE TERRIBLE ‘90S?
A Quick State Makeover 172
Culture in the Wild East 176
Yeltsin’s Dancing 179
DOCUMENTS & CLASS ACTIVITIES 184
DOCUMENT 13: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, “Russia Must Be Saved” (2000) 184
DOCUMENT 14: Stephen Cohen, “America’s Failed Crusade” (1994) 189
DOCUMENT 15: Yeltsin Dissolves Parliament (September 1993) 196
DOCUMENT 16: Law on Freedom of Conscienceand Religious Associations (October 1997) 205
CHAPTER FIVE: 2021: FUTURE TENSE
Understanding Vladimir Putin 217
New Money 221
Security at Home & Abroad 224
Russia after Putin 227
DOCUMENTS & CLASS ACTIVITIES 233
DOCUMENT 17: Vladimir Putin Answers “Who is Putin?” (2000) 233
DOCUMENT 18: Vladimir Kara-Murza, “Vladimir Putin, the Beginning of the End” (2011) 252
DOCUMENT 19: 2011 U.S. State Department Report on Russia’s Human Rights Record (2012) 257
DOCUMENT 20: Anna Politkovskaya, “So What Am I Guilty Of?” (2006) 271
APPENDIX A: Best Resources on Russia (that fit into one backpack) 279
APPENDIX B: A Note to History Students 281
APPENDIX C: Chronology 283
APPENDIX D: Tsars, General Secretaries, Presidents 287
INDEX
Special Notes
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