| State and Evolution: Russia''s Search for a Free Market Subjects: Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991; Russia (Federation) -- Economic policy -- 1991; Soviet Union -- Economic policy; Russia -- Economic policy; "What was the revolution of the 1990s for Russia?" writes Yegor Gaidar. "Was it a hard but salutary road toward the creation of a workable democracy with workable markets, a way for Russia to develop and survive in the twenty-first century? Or was it the prologue to another closed, stultified regime marching to the music of old myths and anthems?" Yegor Gaidar was the first post-Soviet prime minister of Russia and one of the principal architects of its historic transformation to a market economy. He is a member of parliament, one of the founders of the Union of Right Forces political party, and head of the Institute for the Economy in Transition. He is the author of Days of Defeat and Victory. |