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- catalog abstract "Study of the history, culture, and government of Russia.".
- catalog contributor b10797095.
- catalog contributor b10797096.
- catalog contributor b10797097.
- catalog coverage "Russia (Federation)".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Early history. The inhabitants of the East European Plain ; The East Slavs and the Varangians ; The golden age of Kiev ; The rise of regional centers -- Muscovy. The rise of Muscovy ; The evolution of the Russian aristocracy ; Ivan IV ; The time of troubles ; The Romanovs ; Expansion and Westernization -- Early imperial Russia. Peter the Great and the Russian empire ; The era of palace revolutions ; Imperial expansion and maturation: Catherine II -- Ruling the empire. War and peace, 1796-1825 ; Reaction under Nicholas I -- Transformation of Russia in the nineteenth century. Economic developments ; Reforms and their limit, 1855-92 ; Foreign affairs after the Crimean War ; The rise of revolutionary movements ; Witte and accelerated industrialization ; Radical political parties develop ; Imperialism in Asia and the Russo-Japanese War -- ".
- catalog description "Energy. Exploitation and consumption ; Oil ; Natural gas ; Coal ; Nuclear energy ; Conventional power generation ; Foreign investment in oil and gas -- Banking and finance. The soviet financial system ; The financial sector in the 1990s ; Taxation -- The labor force. Unemployment ; Wages -- Manufacturing. Ferrous metallurgy ; Nonferrous metallurgy ; The automotive industry ; Machine building ; Light industry ; Chemicals -- Transportation and telecommunications -- Foreign economic relations. Foreign trade ; Foreign investment ; Foreign debt -- The economic outlook -- Historical background -- The constitution and government structure. The executive branch ; The parliament ; The judiciary -- Local and regional government. The federation treaty and regional power ; The separatist question -- Political parties and legislative elections. The elections of 1993 ; The elections of 1995 -- Civil rights. General civil rights guarantees ; Criminal justice protection -- ".
- catalog description "Force structure. Command structure ; Ground forces ; Naval forces ; Air forces ; Air defense forces ; Strategic rocket forces ; Airborne troops -- Performance. Troop support programs ; Crime in the military ; Training ; Reform plans -- Prospects for the military -- Internal security before 1991 -- Successor agencies to the KGB. Ministry of Security (MB) ; Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) ; Federal Security Service (FSB) ; Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information (FAPSI) ; Main Guard Directorate (GUO) ; Federal Border Service and border security -- Security operations in Chechnya ; Crime. Crime in the Soviet era ; The crime wave of the 1990s -- The criminal justice system. Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) ; The procuracy ; Criminal law reform in the 1990s ; Secrecy laws ; How the system works -- Prisons -- Outlook.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 621-665) and index.".
- catalog description "Study of the history, culture, and government of Russia.".
- catalog description "The Brezhnev era. Collective leadership and the rise of Brezhnev ; Foreign policy of a superpower ; The economy under Brezhnev ; Culture and the arts in the 1960s and 1970s ; The death of Brezhnev -- The leadership transition period. The Andropov interregnum ; The Chernenko interregnum -- The Gorbachev era. Gorbachev's first year ; New thinking: foreign policy under Gorbachev ; Gorbachev's reform dilemma ; Nationality ferment ; The August coup and its aftermath -- Physical environment. Global position and boundaries ; Administrative and territorial divisions ; Topography and drainage ; Climate -- Environmental problems. Environmental conditions ; The response to environmental problems -- Population. Demographic conditions ; Migration -- Future prospects -- Ethnic composition. The Russians ; Minority peoples and their territories ; Other ethnic groups ; Movements toward sovereignty -- Religion. The Russian Orthodox Church ; Other religions ; Religion and foreign policy -- ".
- catalog description "The Russian language -- Literature and the arts. Literature ; Music ; Ballet ; Architecture and painting -- Outlook -- Social structure. Social stratification ; Wages and work ; Rural life ; Social organizations ; The family ; The role of women ; Sexual attitudes -- Education. The Soviet heritage ; The post-Soviet education structure ; Higher education ; Education and society -- Health. Health conditions ; The health system -- Housing. The Soviet era ; Post-Soviet conditions ; Land reform and private enterprise -- Social welfare. Pensions ; Worker protection and benefits ; The homeless -- Historical background. The eras of Lenin and Stalin ; The postwar growth period ; Reform and resistance ; The perestroika program ; Unforeseen results of reform -- Economic reform in the 1990s. The Yeltsin economic program ; Monetary and fiscal policies ; Privatization ; Economic conditions in mid-1996 -- Natural resources -- Agriculture. Crops ; Agricultural policy ; Agricultural production -- ".
- catalog description "The last years of the autocracy. Revolution and counterrevolution, 1905-07 ; The Stolypin and Kokovtsov governments ; Active Balkan policy, 1906-13 ; Russia at war, 1914-16 ; The fatal weakening of tsarism -- Revolutions and civil war. The February Revolution ; The period of dual power ; The Bolshevik revolution ; Civil war and war communism -- The era of the new economic policy. Lenin's leadership ; Stalin's rise to power ; Foreign policy, 1921-28 ; Society and culture in the 1920s -- Transformation and terror. Industrialization and collectivization ; The purges ; Mobilization of society ; Foreign policy, 1928-39 -- The war years. Prelude to war ; The Great Patriotic War -- Reconstruction and Cold War. Reconstruction years ; Onset of the Cold War ; The death of Stalin -- The Khrushchev era. Collective leadership and the rise of Khrushchev ; Foreign policy under Khrushchev ; Khrushchev's reforms and fall -- ".
- catalog description "The media. The print media ; The broadcast media -- The political outlook -- The emergence of Russian foreign policy. The search for objectives ; The state of the federation speeches -- The foreign policy mechanism. The president ; The security council ; The parliament ; The government (cabinet) -- Regional policies. The near abroad ; The United States ; Western Europe ; NATO ; Central Europe ; China ; Japan ; Other Asian states ; The third world ; The Middle East ; Latin America -- Foreign policy prospects -- Historical background -- Military doctrine. Soviet doctrine ; The doctrine of 1993 -- The geopolitical context. Chechnya ; The Commonwealth of Independent States ; Kaliningrad ; The NATO issue ; Nuclear arms issues -- The defense industry. Structure and conditions ; The defense budget ; New weaponry acquisition ; Foreign arms sales ; Prospects for the defense strategy -- ".
- catalog extent "cvii, 728 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Russia".
- catalog hasFormat "Russia.".
- catalog identifier "0844408662".
- catalog isFormatOf "Russia".
- catalog isFormatOf "Russia.".
- catalog isPartOf "Area handbook series".
- catalog isPartOf "Area handbook series.".
- catalog isPartOf "DA pam ; 550-115".
- catalog isPartOf "DA pam ; 550-115.".
- catalog isPartOf "LLMC Digital net".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, DC : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress,".
- catalog relation "Russia".
- catalog relation "Russia.".
- catalog spatial "Russia (Federation)".
- catalog subject "947.086 21".
- catalog subject "DK510.23 .R883 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Early history. The inhabitants of the East European Plain ; The East Slavs and the Varangians ; The golden age of Kiev ; The rise of regional centers -- Muscovy. The rise of Muscovy ; The evolution of the Russian aristocracy ; Ivan IV ; The time of troubles ; The Romanovs ; Expansion and Westernization -- Early imperial Russia. Peter the Great and the Russian empire ; The era of palace revolutions ; Imperial expansion and maturation: Catherine II -- Ruling the empire. War and peace, 1796-1825 ; Reaction under Nicholas I -- Transformation of Russia in the nineteenth century. Economic developments ; Reforms and their limit, 1855-92 ; Foreign affairs after the Crimean War ; The rise of revolutionary movements ; Witte and accelerated industrialization ; Radical political parties develop ; Imperialism in Asia and the Russo-Japanese War -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Energy. Exploitation and consumption ; Oil ; Natural gas ; Coal ; Nuclear energy ; Conventional power generation ; Foreign investment in oil and gas -- Banking and finance. The soviet financial system ; The financial sector in the 1990s ; Taxation -- The labor force. Unemployment ; Wages -- Manufacturing. Ferrous metallurgy ; Nonferrous metallurgy ; The automotive industry ; Machine building ; Light industry ; Chemicals -- Transportation and telecommunications -- Foreign economic relations. Foreign trade ; Foreign investment ; Foreign debt -- The economic outlook -- Historical background -- The constitution and government structure. The executive branch ; The parliament ; The judiciary -- Local and regional government. The federation treaty and regional power ; The separatist question -- Political parties and legislative elections. The elections of 1993 ; The elections of 1995 -- Civil rights. General civil rights guarantees ; Criminal justice protection -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Force structure. Command structure ; Ground forces ; Naval forces ; Air forces ; Air defense forces ; Strategic rocket forces ; Airborne troops -- Performance. Troop support programs ; Crime in the military ; Training ; Reform plans -- Prospects for the military -- Internal security before 1991 -- Successor agencies to the KGB. Ministry of Security (MB) ; Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) ; Federal Security Service (FSB) ; Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information (FAPSI) ; Main Guard Directorate (GUO) ; Federal Border Service and border security -- Security operations in Chechnya ; Crime. Crime in the Soviet era ; The crime wave of the 1990s -- The criminal justice system. Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) ; The procuracy ; Criminal law reform in the 1990s ; Secrecy laws ; How the system works -- Prisons -- Outlook.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Brezhnev era. Collective leadership and the rise of Brezhnev ; Foreign policy of a superpower ; The economy under Brezhnev ; Culture and the arts in the 1960s and 1970s ; The death of Brezhnev -- The leadership transition period. The Andropov interregnum ; The Chernenko interregnum -- The Gorbachev era. Gorbachev's first year ; New thinking: foreign policy under Gorbachev ; Gorbachev's reform dilemma ; Nationality ferment ; The August coup and its aftermath -- Physical environment. Global position and boundaries ; Administrative and territorial divisions ; Topography and drainage ; Climate -- Environmental problems. Environmental conditions ; The response to environmental problems -- Population. Demographic conditions ; Migration -- Future prospects -- Ethnic composition. The Russians ; Minority peoples and their territories ; Other ethnic groups ; Movements toward sovereignty -- Religion. The Russian Orthodox Church ; Other religions ; Religion and foreign policy -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Russian language -- Literature and the arts. Literature ; Music ; Ballet ; Architecture and painting -- Outlook -- Social structure. Social stratification ; Wages and work ; Rural life ; Social organizations ; The family ; The role of women ; Sexual attitudes -- Education. The Soviet heritage ; The post-Soviet education structure ; Higher education ; Education and society -- Health. Health conditions ; The health system -- Housing. The Soviet era ; Post-Soviet conditions ; Land reform and private enterprise -- Social welfare. Pensions ; Worker protection and benefits ; The homeless -- Historical background. The eras of Lenin and Stalin ; The postwar growth period ; Reform and resistance ; The perestroika program ; Unforeseen results of reform -- Economic reform in the 1990s. The Yeltsin economic program ; Monetary and fiscal policies ; Privatization ; Economic conditions in mid-1996 -- Natural resources -- Agriculture. Crops ; Agricultural policy ; Agricultural production -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The last years of the autocracy. Revolution and counterrevolution, 1905-07 ; The Stolypin and Kokovtsov governments ; Active Balkan policy, 1906-13 ; Russia at war, 1914-16 ; The fatal weakening of tsarism -- Revolutions and civil war. The February Revolution ; The period of dual power ; The Bolshevik revolution ; Civil war and war communism -- The era of the new economic policy. Lenin's leadership ; Stalin's rise to power ; Foreign policy, 1921-28 ; Society and culture in the 1920s -- Transformation and terror. Industrialization and collectivization ; The purges ; Mobilization of society ; Foreign policy, 1928-39 -- The war years. Prelude to war ; The Great Patriotic War -- Reconstruction and Cold War. Reconstruction years ; Onset of the Cold War ; The death of Stalin -- The Khrushchev era. Collective leadership and the rise of Khrushchev ; Foreign policy under Khrushchev ; Khrushchev's reforms and fall -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The media. The print media ; The broadcast media -- The political outlook -- The emergence of Russian foreign policy. The search for objectives ; The state of the federation speeches -- The foreign policy mechanism. The president ; The security council ; The parliament ; The government (cabinet) -- Regional policies. The near abroad ; The United States ; Western Europe ; NATO ; Central Europe ; China ; Japan ; Other Asian states ; The third world ; The Middle East ; Latin America -- Foreign policy prospects -- Historical background -- Military doctrine. Soviet doctrine ; The doctrine of 1993 -- The geopolitical context. Chechnya ; The Commonwealth of Independent States ; Kaliningrad ; The NATO issue ; Nuclear arms issues -- The defense industry. Structure and conditions ; The defense budget ; New weaponry acquisition ; Foreign arms sales ; Prospects for the defense strategy -- ".
- catalog title "Russia : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Glenn E. Curtis.".
- catalog type "text".