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In Russia, you will learn that Russia is the largest country in the world and its natural resources make it one of the richest. It has experienced enormous political, social, and economic upheaval during the last century, and as a result, Russia faces many challenges

"In this book, leading Russia scholar Dmitri Trenin accompanies readers on Russia's rollercoaster journey from revolution to post-war devastation, perestroika to Putin's stabilization of post-communist Russia."--Provided by publisher

Cover -- Contents -- Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Russia and Revolution -- The Russia question -- On the eve -- The call of revolution and its critics -- 2 Bolshevism and its Critics -- Marxism and Bolshevism -- The 'freest country in the world' -- The Bolshevik revolution -- Bolshevik experiments -- Bolshevik alternatives -- The politics of utopia - a negative transcendence -- Bolshevism: the Russifi cation of Marxism? -- 3 Stalinism and Communist Reform -- Stalin's revolution from above -- Russia and war -- The limits of reform communism -- Nation and adaptation -- Stability and order in the communist revolution -- 4 The Great Retreat -- Modernisation and mis-modernisation -- The party-state and citizenship -- Resistance and dissent -- Reform communism and dissolutio -- Disintegration of the state -- The end of communism in Russia -- 5 Communism in Russia -- The great experiment -- Anticipating and interpreting the end -- Russia and communism: an internal clash of civilisations -- Russia after communism -- References -- Index.