03327nam 2200745Ia 450 991045083330332120200520144314.01-281-09394-797866110939451-59213-363-0(CKB)1000000000339860(EBL)298882(OCoLC)476075008(SSID)ssj0000237811(PQKBManifestationID)11176424(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237811(PQKBWorkID)10221811(PQKB)10575699(MiAaPQ)EBC298882(OCoLC)166421081(MdBmJHUP)muse15450(Au-PeEL)EBL298882(CaPaEBR)ebr10180164(CaONFJC)MIL109394(EXLCZ)99100000000033986020041019d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRevolutionary passage[electronic resource] from Soviet to post-Soviet Russia, 1985-2000 /Marc GarcelonPhiladelphia, PA Temple University Press20051 online resource (326 p.)Politics, history, and social changeDescription based upon print version of record.1-59213-362-2 1-59213-361-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-301) and index.Contents; List of Acronyms and Russian Terms; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Passages; 1 The Specialist Rebellion in Moscow and the Genesis of a Revolutionary Situation; 2 The Rise of Democratic Russia; 3 Democrats on the Offensive; 4 August 1991 and the Decline of Russia's Democratic Movement; 5 Interregnum; Appendix: English Translation of Russian Questionnaire Used in the Survey in Chapter One; Notes; Bibliography; IndexRevolutionary Passage is a cultural, social, and political history of Russia during its critical period of transformation at the end of the twentieth century. Marc Garcelon traces the history of perestroika and the rise of Vladimir Putin, arguing that the pressure Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms put on the Soviet system gave birth to movements for democratic change. He also shows that the very political arrangements that prompted the fall of Communism also killed hopes for subsequent reform. At the turning point of this political revolution stood Democratic Russia, or DemRossPolitics, history, and social change.Political cultureRussia (Federation)Political cultureSoviet UnionPerestroĭkaDemocracyRussia (Federation)IntellectualsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionIntellectual life1970-1991Soviet UnionPolitics and government1985-1991Russia (Federation)Politics and government1991-Electronic books.Political culturePolitical culturePerestroĭka.DemocracyIntellectuals947.086Garcelon Marc1958-986081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450833303321Revolutionary passage2253824UNINA