TY - BOOK AU - Dunlop,John B. TI - The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire SN - 9780691001739 AV - DK288 .D865 2011 U1 - 947.085 PY - 1995///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - World politics KW - HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Gorbachev and Russia --; 2. Yeltsin and Russia --; 3. The "Democrats" --; 4. The Statists --; 5. Anatomy of a Failed Coup --; 6. From the Failed Putsch to the Founding of CIS --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This is the first work to set one of the great bloodless revolutions of the twentieth century in its proper historical context. John Dunlop pays particular attention to Yeltsin's role in opposing the covert resurgence of Communist interests in post-coup Russia, and faces the possibility that new institutions may not survive long enough to sink roots in a traditionally undemocratic culture UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400821006 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400821006 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400821006.jpg ER -