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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Feifer, Gregory, author.     Subjects     Social values -- Russia (Federation)     National characteristics, Russian.     Political culture -- Russia (Federation)     Russia (Federation) -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Feifer, Gregory, author.       by title:      Russians : the peopl...         MARC Display

Russians : the people behind the power / by Gregory Feifer. by Feifer, Gregory, author. New York : Twelve, 2014. Subjects Social values -- Russia (Federation)   National characteristics, Russian.   Political culture -- Russia (Federation)   Russia (Federation) -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9781455509645 (hardcover) 1455509647 (hardcover) Description:  372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  The hidden Russia -- Extravagance -- Poverty -- Drinking -- Intimates -- Domestic order -- Indolence and inefficiency -- The avant-garde -- Cold and punishment -- Clan rules -- Grandiosity and bombast -- Future delayed. Requests:  0 Summary:  From former NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer comes an incisive portrait that draws on vivid personal stories to portray the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries--and continue to do so today. RUSSIANS explores the seeming paradoxes of life in Russia by unraveling the nature of its people: what is it in their history, their desires, and their conception of themselves that makes them baffling to the West? Using the insights of his decade as a journalist in Russia, Feifer corrects pervasive misconceptions by showing that much of what appears inexplicable is logical when seen from the inside. And he makes clear why President Putin remains popular even as the gap widens between the super-rich and the great majority of poor. Traversing the world's largest country, Feifer conducted hundreds of intimate conversations about everything from sex and vodka to Russia's complex relationship with the world. What emerges is a rare portrait of a unique land of extremes whose forbidding geography, merciless climate, and crushing corruption has nevertheless produced some of the world's greatest art and some of its most remarkable scientific advances.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.086 Fe Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.086 Fe Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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