{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-ussr-the-yeltsin-era-and-the-rise-of-vladimir-putin-the-link-between-restoring-stability-and-reestablishing-autocratic-rule-1","title":"The end of the USSR, the Yeltsin era and the rise of Vladimir Putin: The link between restoring stability and (re)establishing autocratic rule","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally this work was called 'Russia in Severe Crisis – Boris Yeltsin's Presidency 1992 – 1999'. However this version was not long enough, and did not offer too much difference to earlier books concerning the Yeltsin presidency, or Russia's transitions to capitalism and democracy. Welcome to this extended and improved tome that now deals in more detail with how Putin was able to replace Yeltsin in 1999. A position that seemed to be a most secure one until he launched his special military operation in Ukraine...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Soviet Union turned from threatening to destroy Western capitalism to imploding in late 1991. The purpose of this tome is to explain why the USSR came to an end and what that entailed for it’s largest former republic, Russia and it’s new President Boris Yeltsin. There were to be a few people that did exceptionally well for themselves, and many millions more that suffered greatly as a consequence of the fall of communism and the inexperience if not the ineptitude of the new Russian government.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work will also examine how the economic meltdown and it’s political and social consequences made Vladimir Putin’s rise to power possible. As will be evaluated Putin presented himself as the man that could not only help Boris Yeltsin out of the various terrible positions his government found itself in, but could offer long term solutions to all of Russia’s ills. By the mid 1990s the Yeltsin administration found itself in dire straits, with only the lack of a viable alternative preventing his defeat in his re-election attempt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet it will be argued that presenting Putin as the national saviour also provided him with the opportunities to subvert capitalism and any meaningful transition to liberal democracy. What Russia got was a sham, yet for various reasons the new status quo would be widely accepted at home and abroad. Putin certainly succeeded in convincing enough Russians that he could permanently move the country out of the chaos and emergencies it had experienced after the end of the Soviet state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYeltsin had seemed to be the best candidate to become the first democratically elected President of the Russian Federation in 1991. His credentials and prestige being enhanced by his leading role in resisting the hardline Communist coup during August 1991. This work examines what went wrong, and why it went wrong between 1992 and 1999.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLater sections of the book deal with how Vladimir Putin took control from Boris Yeltsin and restored stability and arguably national pride at the considerable cost of drastically the rights and the freedoms of many Russian civilians. Why Putin was able to do this and succeeded in doing it will be evaluated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914363232447,"sku":"c1926103-7506-436e-87db-6de9c48f3b44","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/a04b88d43c7cfdf4eea6aabd9c52d204.jpg?v=1785057273","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-end-of-the-ussr-the-yeltsin-era-and-the-rise-of-vladimir-putin-the-link-between-restoring-stability-and-reestablishing-autocratic-rule-1","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}