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Dead souls / by Gogol', Nikolai Vasil'evich, 1809-1852

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The drama of Russian political history system against individuality / by Obolonskiĭ, A. V. (Aleksandr Valentinovich)

Table of Contents: “…On methodology and general concepts -- The time of troubles: 1606 1612, and the rest of the seventeenth century -- The devastating course of Peter's "modernization": the eighteenth century age of lost opportunities -- Romantic Decembrists and pessimistic philosophers: the dualism of the first generation Russian intelligentsia -- A decisive junction: the epoch of Alexander II -- After the catastrophe: the penultimate Romanov reign -- The evening glow -- The inverted pyramid -- Stalinism: high noon of system-centeredness -- After Stalin: the system yields to fatigue -- At the new crossroads.…”
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Khrushchev in power : unfinished reforms, 1961-1964 / by Khrushchev, Serge�i

Table of Contents: “…At a crossroads (1961) -- Time for change (1962) -- Unforeseen delay (1963) -- The downfall (1964) -- Epilogue.…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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