Comparing China and Russia: Phases of Communist Revolution (previously covered) Post-Communist Transitions (covered today)

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Comparing China and Russia: Phases of Communist Revolution (previously covered) Post-Communist Transitions (covered today)

Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader: Glastnost (openness) Perestroika (restructuring) Elections within Communist Party

Institutions in Post- Communist Russia: Replacement of one-party Communist rule with multiparty democracy End of command style economy

2004 Russian presidential election

Interests in Post-Communist Russia: Party apparatchiks become oligarchs. Economic discontent and loss of security makes some people nostalgic for Communism.

Identities in Post-Communist Russia: What replacement for Communist ideology? Rise of ethnic (including ethnic Russian) nationalism

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“Economic growth in China, democracy in Russia, which country is getting it right?”

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