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Kuznetsk Land
"Kuznetsk Land, first published in 1948, is the first major work published by the Soviet author Alexander Voloshin. Its action takes place in the Kuzetsk coal basin in the period between 1945 and 1947. The Kuznetsk basin was developed in Western Siberia during the first five year plan and is now an important iron and steel area and cultural centre. The novel's hero Rogov, an ex-captain of the guards and an engineer in civilian life, returns from the front to start life anew at one of the mines there. The story unfolds against the background of life in a Soviet mining town. It is peopled with live flesh-and-blood human beings, Soviet men and women whose lives are ennobled by the part they play in combating all that is old and hidebound and promoting all that is new and progressive. These efforts of the majority are resisted by a few moral weaklings whose minds are burdened by survivals of the past, but who are nevertheless powerless to hold back the march of progress, to halt the miners' advance to higher levels of mining technique."--Goodreads
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Maximilian Voloshin’s Poetic Legacy and the Post-Soviet Russian Identity
Famed and outspoken Russian poet, Maximilian Voloshin's notoriety has grown steadily since his slow release from Soviet censorship. For the first time, Landa showcases his vast poetic contributions, proving his words to be an overlooked solution both to the political and cultural turmoil engulfing the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century.
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Putin's Progress
Vladimir Putin seemed to have come from nowhere when he succeeded the ailing and incompetent Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia in March 2000. It was as if he had taken the Kremlin by stealth - perhaps, it was whispered, using the skills he acquired as a senior agent in the KGB. In fact, Putin's rise to prominence owes more to a combination of canny manoeuvring and blat, the traditional Russian system of cronyism and patronage. PUTIN'S PROGRESS is the first comprehensive exploration in English of Putin's character and offers many insights into his likely legacy, shedding new light on one of the most enigmatic of modern leaders and what it means to live in Putin's Russia.
Russian civil-military relations and the origins of the second Chechen war
This book has relevance for those interested in understanding Russia's course in international relations under the leadership of Vladimir Putin. This book will inform the reader and is especially relevant in light of the events of 2008 in the Caucasus and the war in Georgia, in particular. The author explains the ideology of Neo-Eurasianism, which in turn inspires the policy-thinking of the Kremlin. Also studied is Putin's origins in the KGB, from the previous posts of Secretary of the Security Council and Director of the FSB, and his rise to power in the crucial year of 1999, when he became Russian Prime Minister. The author highlights the continuing trend of appointing high-ranking officer...
