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Brent Hierman is an associate professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science at Virginia Military Institute. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science with a minor in Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. Prior to earning his Ph.D., he served in the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan. Brent has published some of his research in Eurasian politics in journals such as Europe-Asia Studies, Journal of Peasant Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, and Nationalities Papers. Some of the courses that he regularly teaches include Post-Soviet Politics, Central Asian Politics, and Authoritarianism.
Introduction
The Russian Federation
The Land and the People
History
The Communist Era
Stalin’s Revolution of the 1930s
The Post-Stalin Era
The Brezhnev Era
Government Transition
The Gorbachev Era
An Independent Russia is Reborn
The Putin Presidency
Russian Foreign Policy since Independence
Government of the Russian Federation
Constitution of the Russian Federation
Culture
The Changing Economy
The Commonwealth of Independent States
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Commonwealth of Independent States
Economy under the CIS
Some Regional Problems of the CIS
Western Republics
Belarus
Ukraine
Moldova
Transcaucasian Republics
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Central Asian Republics
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Web Sites and Bibliography
- Published and updated annually
- Focused on political and economic developments of 12 independent states
- Supplemental background details on historical developments, demographics, foreign policy, and cultural elements
- Brand-new introduction