July 01, 2001

Book Picks - Government

by Linda DeLaine

Contemporary Russian Politics
Archie Brown
Paperback, 590pp.
Oxford University Press, Inc.
June 2001

Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization
Zoltan D. Barany (Editor) Robert G. Moser (Editor)
Paperback, 288pp.
Cambridge University Press
July 2001

Constitution of the Russian Federation
With Commentaries and Interpretation by
American and Russian Scholars
Paperback, 83pp.
Brunswick Publishing Corp.
January 1994

Red Files: Secrets from the Russian Archives
George Feifer, Peter Pringle
Hardcover, 213pp.
TV Books, L.L.C.
April 2000

The New Russians
Hedrick Smith
Paperback, 734pp.
Morrow,William & Co
October 1991

Money Unmade: Barter and the Fate of Russian Capitalism
David M. Woodruff
Paperback, 248pp.
Cornell University Press
August 2000

The Anatomy of Russian Defense Conversation
David Holloway, Foreword by William J. Perry
Hardcover, 936pp.
Vega Press
March 2001

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Notable events on this day in Russian history

1990: After nearly seven year ban, Aeroflot flights to and from the US resume (halted in wake of the downing of KAL jet).

1988: The Soviet Union released Mathias Rust, the young West German pilot who had landed a light plane in Moscow's Red Square in May 1987.

1945: Four-party administration of Berlin is set with conclusion of Postdam Conference.

1918: Allied troops land in Archangel.

1891: Viktor Zhirmunsky, linguist, born (died 1971)

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