A dramatic depiction of capitalism in Russia after the Soviet Union’s collapse. We get to read about different subjects and events, such as the nineties vast privatizations.The growth of the mafia, 2000s state capitalism and how the oligarchs could g ...
A dramatic depiction of capitalism in Russia after the Soviet Union’s collapse. We get to read about different subjects and events, such as the nineties vast privatizations.
The growth of the mafia, 2000s state capitalism and how the oligarchs could gain so much power and money.
The oligarchs is a dramatic but serious description of Russia's transition from planned to market economy. It was one of the world's most daring capitalist experiment, conducted during the first years after the Soviet Union in 1991. It made it possible for an individual to build an immense fortune, which also is typical for the social development of the new Russia.
Two decades filled with bold privatization projects, fateful power struggles and fascinating destinies.
Reading about these events will help one better understand the fundaments of Soviet Union, capitalism's strengths and weaknesses in general and moreover Russia's political and economic situation today, nearly twenty years after its birth. An ambitious subject written for a broad public.
About twenty of the most influential oligarchs are portrayed in details with descriptions of their most prominent achievements. The book is richly illustrated with eighty photographs.