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Title: The Oligarchs: Wealth & Power in the New Russia by David E. Hoffman, David Hoffman ISBN: 1-58648-001-4 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 19 February, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Job!
Comment: Much better than I expected, a serious work with a great deal of research invovled. It avoided the typical lurid embellishments of the genre, and also made the point of the important period of transistion in the Gorbachev period, where nascent Russian capitalism started. It lacks somewhat in that it focuses on only six men, and they are of varying importance in the post-Yeltsin period. As Putin reportedly said when asked about Berezovsky--"Who?" Nevertheless, a good job, an interesting read and thankfully avoids falling into the tabloid style of so much of the literature on the topic.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Power of Six
Comment: David Hoffman's "The Oligarchs" documents in great detail the rise of 6 businessmen--Aleksandr Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, anatoly Chubais, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky and Vladimir Gusinsky--who became the "oligarchs" who shaped the political and economic landscape of the New Russia. They were merely ordinary Russians until the Soviet Union collapsed. So how did a mere handful Russians end up controlling such an epic proportion of Russia's economy and have such great influence in its politics? And how did they manage to rise at Russia's decline? Hoffman's book will answer these questions by piecing together extensive research and interview to create a well-balanced, serious but at the same time, a downright fun and readable book. "The Oligarchs" is a landmark.
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Title: Putin's Russia by Lilia Shevtsova ISBN: 0870032011 Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Piratization of Russia: Russian Reform Goes Awry by Marshall I. Goldman ISBN: 0415315298 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 10 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism by Vadim Volkov ISBN: 0801487781 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism by Paul Klebnikov ISBN: 0156013304 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Casino Moscow: A Tale of Greed and Adventure on Capitalism's Wildest Frontier by Matthew Brzezinski ISBN: 0684869772 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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