Wilson Center Experts
Alexander L. Yanov
Short-Term Grant
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
; Russia
Affiliation:
Scholar in Residence, Queens College, CUNY
Wilson Center Project(s):
History of Russian Political Opposition
Term:
Jun 01, 1977
Jul 01, 1977
Project Summary
Asks how Russia changed the general stereotype of its political conduct, turning itself into a quasi-Asiatic autocracy. Was this transformation fatal, or did it realize only one of the possible potentialities to be found in the formatino of any nations political culture? Examines the stability of the Russian autocratic structure and the dramatic shifts of political regimes.