The author, a historian, examines the roles of the 'informal' organizations that arose during perestroika and glasnost. These proto-democratic movements were active during the stormy years of political reform under Gorbachev and mobilized people, held rallies and then were used and then abandoned by the rising new elites remaining from the old Soviet system.

The book contains three public lectures on civil society by Professor Auzan during the public lecture series held by Polit.RU. The author is the director of the Department of Applied Institutional Economics at Moscow State University.

In this edition, a brief essay presents the history of the South of Russia, as well as modern (at the beginning of XX century) life by the different peoples inhabiting the region. The book is excerpted from what was a fundamental source - a multivolume work on the geography and history of Russia: 'Russian. Full geographical description of our fatherland.' It was compiled and printed for many...

Published by the Information-Analytical Center 'SOVA,' the book examines the rise of aggressive, xenophobic nationalism in post-Soviet Russia and attempts to counter the rise in racially motivated crimes, still a serious and growing problem in Russia.

The book is a collection of analytical articles examining the current ideological trends inside of Russia from liberal-democratic to imperial, nationalistic and more.

The author examines the religious beliefs and concepts of the Abazin people from ancient times through the present. The Abazins are one of the numerous peoples who inhabit the Caucasus region of Russia.

Published by the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, this book examines the causes and character of the war and the process in which a local conflict is escalated into an international conflict. Of particular interest to the author is the role and activities of the United Nations.

The reference book contains information about the famous writers of the XX century. The data organized the unique way: first goes the biographical data, then some original text and it is concluded by criticism. The presented writers are: I.Bunin, M.Gorkii, M.Sholokhov, S.Esenin, A.Blok, M.Bulgakov, A.Platonov, A.Tvardovsky, F.Abramov, V.Astaf'ev, V.Rasputin, V. Shukshin.

The name of Father Gapon is intimately connected with the history of the first Russian revolution (1905-1907). During the Soviet period he was considered by many and indeed labeled in Soviet history books as a police provocateur. But was he really?