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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Introd. by Iurii Poliakov
Moscow: Vagrius, Literaturnaia Gazeta, 2002 223 p Hardcover. 13 x 19.5 cm ISBN: 5264007624 Language: Russian
This book includes 20 articles published in the newspaper Literaturnaia Gazeta. Nineteen well known Russian politicians and social activists of various political orientations present their vision of what happened to Russia in 1991-2001. Taken together their `witnesses` create a multifaceted picture of the real changes in Russia, the hopes and lost illusions of the people who played significant roles in bringing about these changes. Among the participants in this discussion are: political scientists A. Tsipko and Aleksandr Iakovlev; academicians Zh. Alferov and V. Ginzburg; former KGB chairman V. Kriuchkov; writers Iu. Golovin, V. Khariuzov, A. Makarov, B. Strugatskii, A. Varlamov, and L. Zhukhovitskii; economists G. Lisichkin and V. Mau; journalists S. Kara-Murza, V. Korotich, and A. Afanas`ev; diplomat V. Stupishin; former prime minister V. Pavlov; and chief of the El`tsin administration S. Filatov.