The Long Hangover

The Long Hangover reveals a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. Now in paperback with a revised preface, this book presents deep analysis and vibrant reportage, exploring the legacy of the Soviet collapse and how it has affected both life in Russia and Putin's policies.

List of contents

• List of Maps


• Map of Soviet Union


• Map of Russia


• Preface to the Paperback


• Prologue


• Part 1: Curating the Past


• Chapter One: A first-tier nation


• Chapter Two: The sacred war


• Chapter Three: Chechnya: the deal


• Chapter Four: Kolyma: the end of the earth


• Part 2: Curating the Present


• Chapter Five: The Olympic dream


• Chapter Six: Ukraine is not dead yet


• Chapter Seven: The Crimea gambit


• Chapter Eight: The Crimean Tatars


• Chapter Nine: Russian Crimea


• Part 3: The Past Becomes the Present


• Chapter Ten: Donbass: the spiral


• Chapter Eleven: War


• Part 4: The Past in the Future


• Chapter Twelve: After the war


• Epilogue


• Author's Note


• Acknowledgments


• Notes


• Bibliography

About the author

Shaun Walker is a foreign correspondent for The Guardian. He was the paper's Moscow correspondent between 2013 and 2018 and worked as a journalist in Moscow for more than a decade. He studied Russian and Soviet history at Oxford University.

Summary

The Long Hangover reveals a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. Now in paperback with a revised preface, this book presents deep analysis and vibrant reportage, exploring the legacy of the Soviet collapse and how it has affected both life in Russia and Putin's policies.

Additional text

14/01/2019

Product details

• Authors: Shaun Ealker, Shaun Walker, Walker Shaun
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2019
• EAN: 9780190058845
• ISBN: 978-0-19-005884-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, International Relations, General & world history, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, General and world history, Political science and theory, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, The Cold War, Political structure and processes, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era