Solovʹev, Vladimir

Boris Yeltsin : a political biography by Vladimir Solovʹev ( Book )
8 editions published between 1991 and 1995 in English and held by 1,380 libraries worldwide
Written from the inside, this is the first full biography of the charismatic Russian leader and hero of the August coup attempt, and the driving force behind the creation of the new independent commonwealth. Few political leaders have so electrified the world in recent years as Boris Yeltsin, the first democratically elected leader in Russia's thousand-year history and the man upon whom all eyes were centered in August 1991, and then again in December. Even before the abortive coup, however, he was a complex figure constantly in the news for his history-making moves, his battles with Mikhail Gorbachev, and his sometimes flamboyant personal life. Solovyov and Klepikova are uniquely positioned to provide the first full investigative biography of Yeltsin, one that goes far beyond existing biographies and official accounts, including Yeltsin's own politically cautious autobiography. The writers are closely connected with Yeltsin's friends and opponents alike, and are founders of the Soviet Union's first independent press agency and authors of two investigative works on Soviet leaders. Written with the help and cooperation of dozens of insiders, including many of Yeltsin's own inner circle, theirs is a behind-the-scenes look at Yeltsin's rise and fall and rise again, at his headlong political transformation, his no-holds-barred duel with Gorbachev, his stunning maneuvers during the crisis, the rise of the entire democratic movement in the Soviet Union, and his radical reshaping of a once monolithic nation--the new Russian revolution. In part political thriller, in part cutting-edge analysis, this is the book that must be read to understand what Yeltsin--and the new Russia--may have in store for us.

Yuri Andropov, a secret passage into the Kremlin by Vladimir Solovʹev ( Book )
12 editions published between 1983 and 1995 in English and Russian and held by 898 libraries worldwide

Behind the high Kremlin walls by Vladimir Solovʹev ( Book )
9 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and Russian and held by 811 libraries worldwide

Zhirinovsky : Russian fascism and the making of a dictator by Владимир Соловьев ( Book )
4 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 530 libraries worldwide
Vladimir Zhirinovsky shocked the world by winning 24 percent of the popular vote in Russia's 1993 parliamentary election. Now, freely elected by the Russian people as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, his plans for the future of Russia are clear: "When I come to power, I will be a dictator. Russia needs a dictator now." Six million Russians agreed with him in 1991. How many will in 1996? A biographical, psychological, and psychoanalytical study of the man, Zhirinovsky is also a portrait of the nation that may be prepared to entrust him with its fate.

Boris Elʹt︠s︡in : politicheskie metamorfozy by Vladimir Solovʹev ( Book )
3 editions published in 1992 in Russian and held by 83 libraries worldwide

Tri evrei︠a︡, ili, Uteshenie v slezakh : roman s ėpigrafami by Vladimir Solovʹev ( Book )
4 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in Russian and held by 81 libraries worldwide

Inside the Kremlin by Vladimir Solovʹev ( Book )
3 editions published between 1987 and 1988 in English and held by 71 libraries worldwide

Zhirinovsky : the paradoxes of Russian fascism by Владимир Соловьев ( Book )
3 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 67 libraries worldwide

Post mortem : запретная книга о Бродском : фрагменты великой судьбы by Владимир Соловьев ( Book )
1 edition published in 2006 in Russian and held by 63 libraries worldwide

Dovlatov vverkh nogami : tragedii︠a︡ veselogo cheloveka by Vladimir Solovʹev ( Book )
2 editions published in 2001 in Russian and held by 60 libraries worldwide