What Went Wrong in Russia? The Ravages of “Market Bolshevism”

Issue Date April 1999
Volume 10
Issue 2
Page Numbers 19-34
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About the Authors

Dmitri Glinski

Dmitri Glinski (Vassiliev), a Russian scholar, is a research associate at George Washington University.

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Peter Reddaway

Peter Reddaway is professor of political science. He is author, with Dmitri Glinski, of a book provisionally titled The Tragedy of Russia’s Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against Democracy (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2001).

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