The collapse of the Soviet Empire : a view from Riga / George J. Neimanis
- Bib ID:
- 1434049
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Neimanis, George J
- Description:
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- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997
- 153 pages ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0275957136 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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An American academic describes the breakup of the Soviet Union and the formation of an independent Latvia from the vantage point of Riga, where he was acting as an advisor to the Latvian Parliament and was a visiting faculty member at the time of the events. This description is unusual for several reasons - the author was based in Riga rather than Moscow or Leningrad, where most reporters lived, the work was written by someone who had access to the government, and the author was able to understand the local press and people. Background material on the Baltic countries and their relationship to the USSR is discussed. The work will interest those who want to learn what really happened during the breakdown of the USSR and those who need to deal with the changes that continue to occur in the successor states.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction: A View from the Periphery of the Soviet Empire
- 2. Poverty of Flesh and Spirit
- 3. Nationalism and the Subversive Cemeteries
- 4. The Building of a Civil Society, or What the Putschists Wanted to Break Up
- 5. The Putsch
- 6. Groping Toward Democracy and a Free Market
- Afterword: The Russian Presidential Election, June-July 1996.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-149) and index.
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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