Putin Country

More than twenty years ago, when NPR correspondent Anne Garrels first visited Chelyabinsky a gritty military industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow her goal was to chart the aftershocks of the USSR s collapse Returning again and again, Garrels found that the city s new freedoms and opportunities were both exciting and traumatic As the economic collapse of the early 1990s abated, Chelyabinsky became richer and cosmopolitan while official corruption and intolerance for minorities grew entrenched Sushi restaurants proliferated so did shakedowns In the neighboring countryside, villages crumbled into the ground Far from the glitz of Moscow, the people of Chelyabinsk were working out their country s destiny, person by person Putin Country crafts an intimate portrait of Middle Russia We meet upwardly mobile professionals, impassioned activists who champion the rights of orphans and disabled children, and ostentatious mafiosi We discover surprising subcultures, such as a vibrant underground gay community and a circle of determined Protestant evangelicals, and watch as doctors and teachers trying to cope with inescapable payoffs and institutionalized negligence As Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on power and war in Ukraine leads to Western sanctions and a lower standard of living, the local population mingles belligerent nationalism with a deep ambivalence about their country s direction Drawing on close friendships sustained over many years, Garrels explains why Putin commands the loyalty of so many Russians, even those who decry the abuses of power they regularly encounter.Garrels s portrait of Russia s silent majority is an essential corrective to the misconceptions of Putin s supporters and critics alike, especially at a time when cold war tensions are resurgent. Best Read Putin Country [ Author ] Anne Garrels [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 2 wanted a helluva lotstars This is a book I struggled a great deal with Ms Garrels has spent a great deal of time in Chelyabinsk, Russia since 1993 You can read a little about Chelyabinsk here Ms Garrels takes this region and erroneously describes it as the Real Russia when it is simply one region of Russia She then very superficially paints her own picture of this region by very lightly describing crime, the fate of journalists, politic 2 wanted a helluva lotstars This is a book I struggled a great deal with Ms Garrels has spent a great deal of time in Chel...Now that I ve read this book about Russia, I think I amqualified to lead foreign policy than Donald Trump I ll await your vote.Anne Garrels, a former NPR correspondent, has been covering the USSR and Russia for about 40 years She speaks fluent Russian, and has developed lasting relationships with the people of the region Every bit of this shows in the depth of writing and analysis in Putin Country.In the book, she recounts the perspectives and experiences of people from Chelyabinsk rather than Moscow This is a less cosmopolitan, primarily industrial city, although some of her subjects have traveled pretty widely But Anne Garrels, a former NPR correspondent, has been covering the USSR and Russia for about 40 years She speaks fluent Russian, and has developed lasting relationships with the people of the region Every bit of this shows in the depth of writing and analysis in Putin Country.In the book, she recounts the perspectives and experiences of people from Chelyabinsk rather than Moscow This is a less cosmopolitan, primarily industrial city, although some of her subjects have traveled pretty widely Butoften than not, they have struggled tremendously in the face of the post Soviet, post Gorbachev and Yeltsin, era of Vladimir Putin Garrels makes the stories personal and engaging She uses them to explain Russian history and Putin s policies regarding many topics For example, Chelyabinsk is one of the most polluted places on the planet due to its mining history and the lack of viable environmental protection policies In another chapter, she ...A very good introduction to contemporary Russia Garrels is a Russian speaker and has made Russia her special field of interest and reporting She uses one city region Chelyabinsk as a focal point She claims she blindly pointed at a map for a representative city to move to and devote her attention to I m not sure if I believe her, but I like the idea She s a journalist of course, not a scholar, but Garrels uses her deepening understanding of this region and her personal relationships wi A very good introduction to contemporary Russia Garrels is a Russian speaker and has made Russia her special field of interest and reporting She uses one city region Chelyabinsk as a focal point She claims she blindly pointed at a map for a representative city to move to and devote her attention to I m not sure if I believe her, but I like the idea She s a journalist of course, not a scholar, but Garrels uses her deepening understanding of this region and her personal relationships with its people to examine Russian culture, politics troubling and corrupt , the economy disastrous , corruption endemic , environmental degradation Chernobyl isn t the worst , and social attitudes Her years of pe...Hundreds of miles away from Moscow, Anne Garrels, longtime NPR correspondent if you listen to the audiobook as I did, you will undoubtedly recognize her voice describes the Real Russia Using the medium sized industrial city of Chelyabinsk as a microcosm for the country and culture as a whole, Garrels uses her expertise in investigative journalism to tell the stories of many Russians she has known over the decades, and the new faces she meets There is fear, there is frustration, and there Hundreds of miles away from Moscow, Anne Garrels, longtime NPR correspondent if you listen to the audiobook as I did, you will undoubtedly recognize her voice describes the Real Russia ...A book that I finished, because of interest in the subject, but with which I was unimpressed The book is about Chelyabinsk, which is taken to represent, in its dysfunction, all that is wrong with contemporary Russia Not typical, perhaps prototypical Environmental degradation, endemic corruption, cultural fatalism The book ...W kraju Putina w szczery spos b odmalowuje portret Rosji jako miejsca pe nego skrajno ci i sprzeczno ci, cz sto rozerwanego mi dzy tym, co uznawane jest za warto ci Zachodu a tym, co tak do cna rosyjskie, co wyznacza ich model rzeczywisto ci Dostrzega radykalno zmian, jakie zasz y w Czelabi sku i tym samym na rosyjskiej prowincji, rozumie, e wi kszo tych zmian, pomimo jawnych niedostatk w, to zmiany na lepsze, kt re bez decyzji Putina nie by yby mo liwe Jednocze nie zauwa a, e Rosjanie W kraju Putina w szczery spos b odmalowuje portret Rosji jako miejsca pe nego skrajno ci i sprzeczno ci, cz sto rozerwanego mi dzy tym, co uznawane jest za warto ci Zachodu a tym, co tak do cna rosyjskie, co wyznacza ich model rzeczywisto ci Dostrzega radykalno zmian, jakie zasz y w Czelabi sku i tym samym na rosyjskiej prowincji, rozumie, e wi kszo tych zmian, pomimo jawnych niedostatk w, to zmiany na lepsze, kt re bez decyzji Putina nie by yby mo liwe Jednocze nie zauwa a, e Rosjanie wci prze ywaj swoisty kryzys wiadomo ci pozostaj w zawieszeniu mi dzy Wschodem a Zachodem, mi dzy t sknot za si mocarstwa a parciem za nowoczesno ci , mi dzy tym, co do sedna s owia skie a tym, co noworosyjskie, inne, ale nie znaczy wcale, e gorsze.Wydaje si , e reporta Anne Garrels to...An in depth look at life in Russia, which includes Putin s rise to power and his evenimportant rise in popularity , the economy, human rights, patriotism, andWhile Garrels wrote this before Trump s win, I found it interesting how similar Putin and Trump seem to be Without knowing it, Gerrels lays out a map of what we should be looking for in our own country if we hope to stop politicians from getting too powerful, like they are in Russia The press in Russia are punished if they w An in depth look at life in Russia, which includes Putin s rise to power and his evenimportant rise in popularity , the economy, human rights, patriotism, andWhile Garrels wrote this before Trump s win, I found it interesting how similar Putin and Trump seem to be Without knowing it, Gerrels lays out a map of what we should be looking for in our own country if we hope to stop politicians from getting too powerful, like they are in Russia The press in Russia are punished if they write anything unflattering about Putin There was one publication that held out, reporting unflattering facts, until 2015, but even that publication is now under Putin s control it s voice no longer a threat to his power This was ev...Listening to an interview with Anne Garrels about her brand new book, Putin Country, on Fresh Air at the same time I was coincidentally taking classes on the Cold War and the history of Russia, I thought I would love it Unfortunately, I found the interview fascinating and the book somewhat tedious Ms Garrels does fill in the blanks of how the lives of people in middle Russia, not Moscow or St Petersburg, have changed and changed often since the end of the Cold War I found it interesting to Listening to an interview with Anne Garrels about her brand new book, Putin Country, on Fresh Air at the same time I was coincidentally taking classes on the Cold War and the history of Russia, I thought I would love it Unfortunately, I found the interview fascinating and the book somewhat tedious Ms Garrels does fill in the blanks of how the lives of people in middle Russia, ...For years I have been looking for a perfect book to introduce Russia to novices When I was in high school, during the heyday of the Soviet Union, that book was The Russians by Hendrik Smith.While Smith tried to show all of the Soviet Union, from Uzbeks to Sakharov, Anne Garrels s Putin Country focuses on a single town, Chelyabinsk, which contains in this microcosm all the drama of contemporary Russia Garrels recounts a great many compelling stories which illustrate masterfully the state of pla For years I have been looking for a perfect book to introduce Russia to novices When I was in high school, during the heyday of the Soviet Union, that book was The Russians by Hendrik Smith.While Smith tried to show all of the Soviet Union, from Uzbeks to Sakharov, Anne Garrels s Putin Country focuses on a single town, Chelyabinsk, which contains in this microcosm all the drama of contemporary Russia Garrels recounts a great many compelling stories which illustrate masterfully the state of play in Russia Topics include orphans, LBGT Russia, the family, medicine, education, the Orthodox Church and Muslim Russia Two chapters deal with Anne Garrals taxi driver and a forensic entrepreneur Both stories illustrate the pitfalls of contemporary Russia for both the winners and losers.If this book has any faults, they are minor I think that the author might have providedcontext for...

• English
• 02 November 2017
Anne Garrels
• Hardcover
• 228 pages
• 0374710430
• Anne Garrels
• Putin Country