# The Invention of Russia

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- Authors: [Arkady Ostrovsky](https://www.bookquiver.com/arkady-ostrovsky)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2016-06-02

## Description

The definitive and award-winning history of Vladimir Putin’s rise to power following the collapse of the Soviet Union, by The Economist ‘s Russia editor. ‘Fast-paced and excellently written’ New York Times ‘A real insiders’ story of Russia’s post-Soviet “counter-revolution” – an important and timely book.’ Anne Applebaum WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE How did a country that embraced freedom over twenty-five years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with the West? In this Orwell Prize-winning book, Arkady Ostrovsky reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of Russia’s stealthy and largely unchronicled post-Soviet transformation. Ostrovsky’s knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the rise of Vladimir Putin and to reveal how he pioneered a new form of demagogic populism. In a new preface he examines Putin’s influence on the US election and explores how his methods – weaponizing the media and serving up fake news – came to enter Western politics.

## Editions

### The Invention of Russia

- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-03-9956-417-8
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2017-07-04
- Language: en_US

### The Invention of Russia

- Publisher: atlantic_books
- ISBN: 978-08-5789-160-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2016-06-02
- Language: en_GB