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Authors: Masha Gessen
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coup (1991) and, 109, 110, 112, 115
on Leningrad city council, 88, 89, 91, 104–5, 109, 110, 112, 118, 119, 121, 122–23, 124
Sambo (Soviet martial art), 51–52, 55
Samodurov, Yuri, 175
Samsonov, Viktor, 109, 111, 112–13
Sarovoitova, Galina, 84
Sergeyev, Igor, 35
Sharogradskaya, Anna, 136–37, 138
Shchekochikhim, Yuri, 211, 212, 226
Shcherbakov, Vyacheslav, 92, 113, 116
Shevchenko, Yuri, 141, 143
Shield and the Sword,
The
, 52
Shuvalov, Igor, 251
Skoybeda, Vitaly, 109, 114, 140, 141, 143
Sobchak, Anatoly Alexandrovich, 15, 21, 84, 91–92, 103, 105, 107, 127, 135, 141, 157, 158, 159, 254, 255
coup (1991) and, 109–11, 112, 113, 116–17, 118
death of, 143–44, 226
investigation of, 139, 140
Putin and, 95–99, 117, 123, 124, 125, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142–44, 184
unpopularity of, 137, 138–39
Soshnikov, Ivan, 77–78
Soviet-Finnish War, 71
Soviet-German war, 44–46
Soviet military intelligence, 53
Soviet republics, 106–7
Soviet Union (USSR), 185–86
changes (1985), 66
changes (1987–1989), 77–88
collapse, 2, 5, 14, 22, 29, 73–74, 81, 85, 102, 106–7, 114–15, 165
flag, 114–15, 178
national anthem, 179–80
protests in Leningrad, 75–76
Putin and, 133–34, 182, 270
St. Isaac’s Square (Leningrad), 72, 76, 89
St. Petersburg, 8–9, 15–16, 21–22, 43, 46, 73, 81, 92, 93, 123, 124, 133, 136, 158, 184
economic problems, 134–35, 139
history of, 71
politics, 138–39
television, 136, 137
See also
Leningrad
St. Petersburg city council, 127.
See also
Leningrad city council
St. Petersburg University, 138
Stalin, Joseph, 53, 66, 79
Stalin era, 60
Starovoitova, Galina, 2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9, 82, 106, 156
Stasi, 63, 65, 68, 69
State Committee for the State of Emergency in the USSR (GKChP), 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 119
State racketeering, 164.
See also
Corruption
State seal, 179
Supreme Court (USSR), 79
Supreme Soviet, 3, 114, 119, 126–27
Surkov, Vladislav, 269–70
Television
Kremlin and, 167–68
Leningrad station, 110, 112
Putin and, 171–72, 173–74, 187–88, 228
Television (
cont.
)
St. Petersburg, 136, 137
state, 185, 187–88
See also
Channel One; Echo Moskvy; Russkoye Video
Terkibaev, Khanpash, 209, 210–11, 220, 221
Terrorism, 189, 208
FSB and, 217
Putin and, 217–18
See also
Bombings; Hostage incidents
Trepashkin, Mikhail, 203–4
Tsipko, Alexander, 178
Ukraine, 107
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
See
Soviet Union
United Russia, 227, 267, 270
United States, media coverage on Putin and Russia, 228–30, 233, 248
U.S. News & World Report
, 162, 164, 228
USSR.
See
Soviet Union
Vaksberg, Arkady, 142, 144
Vanyushin, Yuri, 160, 161, 162
Vidyayevo, 168–69, 171, 172, 173
Vinnikov, Alexander, 75
Vladikavkaz, 194
Volgodonsk, 24, 203
Voloshin, Alexander, 12, 20, 167, 168, 173–74
Wealth
disparity in Russia, 134–35
of Putin, 254, 256–57, 258–59
Russian property redistribution and, 124–25, 131
Whistle-blowers, 199–204
World War II, 53, 71, 133
Siege of Leningrad, 43–45, 46, 71–72, 102
Yakovlev, Vladimir, 139, 158
Yedinstvo (Unity), 29
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 3–5, 17, 18, 84, 98, 106, 107, 118, 119, 123, 145, 151, 153, 164, 178, 179, 182, 230
accomplishments of, 13–14
Congress of People’s Deputies and, 125–26
coup (1991) and, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115
disillusionment with, 11–15
and dissolution of Supreme Soviet, 126–27
Putin and, 19–20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30–31, 35
Yesenin, Sergei, 72
Young Pioneers, 49, 50
Yuganskneftegaz, 253
Yukos, 236, 238, 240, 242, 251–54
Yumashev, Valentin, 12, 18, 20
Yumasheva, Tatyana, 12, 20
Yuriev, Alexander, 138
Yushenkov, Sergei, 127–28, 129, 209–10, 226
Zakaev, Ahmed, 209, 211, 212, 214, 217
Zelinskaya, Yelena, 74, 76, 114
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