Yeltsin

By Leon Rabinovich Aron

Subjects: Biography, Presidents, Politics and government, Yeltsin, boris nikolayevich, 1931-2007, Russia (federation), politics and government, Literary collections, New York Times reviewed, Presidenten, Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991

Description: "Charts the controversial rise of Boris Yeltsin against a broad and richly textured account of Russia's movement out of the grip of the communist state toward free, democratic nationhood. He details Yeltsin's successes and bitter defeats in transforming every aspect of the soviet system he inherited". -- Jacket.