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100 1  Myers, Steven Lee,|eauthor. 
245 14 The new tsar :|bthe rise and reign of Vladimir Putin /
       |cSteven Lee Myers. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2015. 
300    x, 572 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-543) and 
       index. 
505 0  Homo sovieticus ; A warm heart, a cool head, and clean 
       hands ; The devoted officer of a dying empire ; Democracy 
       faces a hungry winter -- The spies come in from the cold ;
       Mismanaged democracy ; An unexpected path to power ; 
       Swimming in the same river twice ; Kompromat ; In the 
       outhouse -- Becoming Portugal ; Putin's soul ; The gods 
       slept on their heads ; Annus horribilis ; The orange 
       contagion ; Kremlin, Inc. ; Poison ; The 2008 problem -- 
       The regency ; Action man ; The return -- The restoration ;
       Alone on Olympus ; Putingrad ; Our Russia. 
520 2  "The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current 
       president-- of his emergence from shrouded obscurity and 
       deprivation to become one of the most consequential and 
       complicated leaders in modern history. Former New York 
       Times Moscow bureau chief Steven Lee Myers has followed 
       Vladimir Putin's path for many years, and gives us the 
       fullest, most absorbing account we have of his rise to 
       power. This gripping narrative elucidates a cool and 
       calculating man with enormous ambition and few scruples. 
       We see Putin, a former KGB agent, come to office in 2000 
       as a reformer, cutting taxes, expanding property rights, 
       bringing a measure of order and eventual prosperity to 
       millions whose only experience of democracy in the early 
       years following the Soviet collapse was instability, 
       poverty, and criminality. But Myers makes clear how Putin 
       then orchestrated a new authoritarianism, consolidating 
       power, reasserting the country's might, brutally crushing 
       revolts, and swiftly dispatching dissenters, even as he 
       retained-- and continues to retain-- the support of many. 
       As the world struggles to confront a newly assertive 
       Russia, the importance of understanding Putin has never 
       been greater. This keenly insightful, riveting book 
       provides an essential key to that understanding"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,|d1952- 
600 10 Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,|d1952-|xPolitical and 
       social views. 
610 10 Soviet Union.|bKomitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti
       |vBiography. 
648  7 Since 1991|2fast 
650  0 Presidents|zRussia (Federation)|vBiography. 
650  0 Political leadership|zRussia (Federation) 
650  0 Power (Social sciences)|zRussia (Federation) 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Political and social views.|2fast 
650  7 Political leadership.|2fast 
650  7 Politics and government.|2fast 
650  7 Power (Social sciences)|2fast 
650  7 Presidents.|2fast 
651  0 Russia (Federation)|xPolitics and government|y1991- 
651  7 Russia (Federation)|2fast 
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