The book, initiated by the Yegor Gaidar Foundation, presents 14 large-scale interviews with political figures who, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, became the first leaders of the newly independent states. Askar Akaev, Leonid Kravchuk, Vytautas Landsbergis, Stanislav Shushkevich, Mircea Snegur, Gennady Burbulis, Akezhan Kazhegeldin, Arnold Ruutel, Ivar Godmanis, Isa Gambar, Tengiz...

This monograph attempts to present a holistic view of the processes of population adaptation to radical social changes at a critical stage in the development of Russian society. It traces the dynamics of adaptation of various social strata and groups to the rapidly changing conditions of a transforming society. Various aspects of this problem are analyzed, and new trends, dominant strategies,...

Annual statistical yearbook for the Russian Federation. Contains detailed demographic data for Russia related to administrative and territorial breakdown, population size, age and sex structure, spatial distribution, fertility/mortality, marriage/divorce and migration.

Annual statistical yearbook for the Russian Federation. Contains detailed demographic data for Russia related to administrative and territorial breakdown, population size, age and sex structure, spatial distribution, fertility/mortality, marriage/divorce and migration.

The book, a collection of scholarly articles, edited by Russia's leading demographer, is the first major demographic history of Russia in the 20th century. The articles are based on a vast statistical database and the books offers many tables and graphs.

Annual statistical yearbook for the Russian Federation. Contains detailed demographic data for Russia related to administrative and territorial breakdown, population size, age and sex structure, spatial distribution, fertility/mortality, marriage/divorce and migration.

America is not the first country to experience the stirring of tyranny; in Russia, it has been the law of the land for generations. Over the years, a vernacular of double-speak emerged, one that helped ordinary people make sense of how illiberalism takes shape and makes itself felt in daily life. It allowed them to talk about authoritarianism and to subvert it-with a healthy dose of humor and...

In September 2022, Scandinavian seismologists detected what seemed to be an undersea earthquake near the Danish island of Bornholm. Instead, several powerful explosions had destroyed Nord Stream, the $20 billion pipeline system that transported cheap Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The mysterious blasts shifted global geopolitics, disrupted European economies, and triggered a...

Barely two years later, on January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed the fifteenth chancellor of the Weimar Republic. Within 53 days of that date, he had effected one of the most astonishing transformations in modern democracy, using the provisions of the Constitution to turn a democratic republic into an authoritarian state. Drawing from his 800-page political playbook, Mein Kampf, Hitler banned...

*The Prince* is the most significant and controversial work by the Renaissance Florentine statesman Niccolò Machiavelli. For many years, the book was associated with the politics of poison and the dagger. Following its publication, the term ‘Machiavellianism’ emerged to denote political cynicism, a lack of moral restraint, and duplicity. Today, however, many of the author's ideas are viewed...