Across the Moscow River: The World Turned Upside DownRodric Braithwaite was British ambassador to Moscow during the critical years of perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the failed coup of August 1991, and the rise of Boris Yeltsin. With his long experience of Russia, on good personal terms with Mikhail Gorbachev, he was in a privileged position close to the center of Russia’s changing relationship with the West. This book gives an intimate account of momentous change and the people who drove it. |
Contents
Arguing about the Economy | 281 |
Towards a Radiant Future? | 317 |
Notes and Comments | 343 |
Bibliography | 352 |
Acknowledgements 372 | |
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