Includes bibliographical references (pages [374]-395) and index.
Contents
For a new Russia -- What is Russia? -- Who are the Russians? -- Public images, 1800-1991 -- Soviet legacies -- The new Russian state -- Popular opinion -- Masters of Red Square -- Economising on reform -- Bloodbath in Chechnya -- Russia in the world -- Official transmission -- Symbols for Russia -- Understanding the case -- The politics of ideas -- Culture for the nation -- Federation and the regions -- Russian town, Russian village -- Class and the 'new Russians' -- A society disclosed -- Russia in private -- Future uncertain.