July 01, 2001

Book Picks - Government

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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The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution. They lived through Civil War, Collectivization, World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of the USSR. Indeed, their lives are a living reflection of the past Russian century, and their stories show us a side of history not available in any other resource.

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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1971: The three crew members of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 died on re-entry due to a drop in air pressure. They had just set a space endurance record of 570 hours, 22 minutes and the crew - Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski and Viktor Patsayev- were the first astronauts to die in outer space.

1956: Central Committee of the Communist Party passes a resolution on ending the Cult of Personality (Khrushchev's Secret Speech was on February 25)

1908: Tunguska meteorite impacts in Siberia.

1790: Aleksandr Radishchev (social critic) was imprisioned for his self-published work "Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow." Catherine II orders him beheaded. He recants and gets 10 years exile instead.

1736: Liberation of the Azov Fortress from Turkish invaders

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