Medvedev recognizes that state socialism was not an appropriate economic model for Russia, and that radical economic reforms were necessary for Russia's economic development... He argues that the approach should have been gradual, taking into account the special characteristics of Russia's social and economic infrastructure.
Amy Knight Times Literary Supplement Russia's best known contemporary historian comes to grips with ... Read morehis country in the aftermath of communism. Booklist Shriver has assembled, and translated from the Russian, published and unpublished material by Medvedev, a Russian historian and political activist, describing and interpreting the interaction of political and economic forces in Russia from 1992 to 1999.
M. Bornstein Choice A valuable contribution to our continuing effort to understand the beginnings of the new Russia. History Unlike the many superficial and tendentious compositions on the Russian book market devoted to chronicling the social and political life of the past few years, Medvedev's book stands out as an attempt to present an objective picture of Russia's turbulent 1990s... providing a much-needed and richly informed historical perspective on Russia's development.
Alexander Chubarov History Medvedev's book is a first-rate political chronicle that will undoubtedly figure as one of the best accounts of the events described.
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