On December 25, 1991, at 7:35 p.m., soldiers lowered the red Soviet flag flying over the Kremlin and raised the Russian tri-color in its place. The moment passed without pomp or circumstance, resulting in a strangely muted end to a regime that had, in many ways, defined the 20th century.
Christmas 2001 is the tenth anniversary of the demise of the Soviet Union. To commemorate the event, National Geographic presents a mesmerizing retrospective that captures all the turbulence of Russia's new beginning.
With 120 extraordinary photographs by Gerd Ludwig and incisive essays by Fen Montaigne, Broken Empire captures Russia in all its complexity. The book examines not only the fledgling country's notorious corruption and povertyâthe only aspects of Russia covered by most Western mediaâbut many lesser known facets, including the rise of a new urban generation committed to building a prosperous society. Taking us into the daily lives of Russians, from entrepreneurs to pensioners, Broken Empire's images and words come together to capture as no book ever has the poignant resilience of a country endeavoring to find a workable middle road between capitalism and state control.
Categories:
- Travel
- Europe
- Russia
- General
- Russia
- Europe
Publisher : National Geographic
Author : Montaigne, Fen
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2001-11-20
Number Of Pages : 212
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0792264320
ISBN-13 : 9780792264323
Item weight : 3.6 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 10.8 in x 11 in
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