| Description |
1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Series |
Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society ; v. 110 |
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Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.
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| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; I "Storm in Moscow:" A Plan of the Yeltsin "Family" to Destabilize Russia; II The Hunt for "False-Laipanov": The September 1999 Moscow Bombings; III The "Ryazan Incident"; IV The Trials of the Buinaksk Bombers: Judicial Anarchy?; V The Volgodonsk Apartment House Bombing; Postscript to 2014 Edition; Index |
| Summary |
The five chapters of this volume focus on the complex and tumultuous events occurring in Russia during the five months from May through September 1999. They sparked the Russian invasion of Chechnya on 1 October and vaulted a previously unknown former KGB agent into the post of Russian prime minister and, ultimately, president.The five chapters are devoted to:? The intense political struggle taking place in Russia between May and August of 1999, culminating in an incursion by armed Islamic separatists into the Republic of Dagestan.? Two Moscow terrorist bombings of 9 and 13 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- History
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Terrorism.
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Russia (Federation) -- Moscow.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Knight, Amy
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Umland, Andreas
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| ISBN |
9783838266084 |
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3838266080 |
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