Fitzpatrick, Catherine A.

First person : an astonishingly frank self-portrait by Russia's president Vladimir Putin by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin ( Book )
9 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 1,279 libraries worldwide

The struggle for Russia by Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( Book )
7 editions published between 1994 and 1998 in English and held by 1,239 libraries worldwide
Crowds march in the streets. Shots ring out. Some imagine a bright and glorious future, while others predict utter ruin. Politicians scream across chambers at each other. Citizens struggle under the weight of economic shock therapy. Statues of Lenin are torn down and fast-food chains rise up. People begin to taste the sweetness of democracy and freedom. The military acts in shadows, its allegiances uncertain. The mafia spreads its influence. Ethnic divisions widen and the shouts of neofascists become louder. The nation begins to confront its past and to move toward a more just society. The old dictators act feverishly to hang on to their power and privilege. Democrats - still discovering just what democracy means - feel their way forward. Everything is held together only by a hope for a better future and everything is pulled apart by the darkness of history and the stubbornness of a system that will not fade quietly. This is Russia today. In The Struggle for Russia Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first democratically elected leader and the man at the vanguard of this second Russian revolution, gives a vibrant and detailed account of Russia's turmoil as it moves toward democracy and the free market. He does so in classic Yeltsin style: honestly, candidly, and passionately. The result is a tremendously revealing and exciting account of the past five years. He describes his stormy relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev; details the fateful August coup; reveals previously classified KGB documents concerning an array of topics from Lee Harvey Oswald to the KGB's arming of the IRA; describes the painful transition to a market economy; and gives us a detailed account of the October uprising that was - as Yeltsin now reveals - much more precarious than imagined. But The Struggle for Russia is much more than a history of the recent changes in what was once the Soviet Union. It is also a deeply personal account of Boris Yeltsin's life. We are with him as he sifts through KGB files, looking for evidence surrounding his father's persecution under Stalin; we are at his dinner table as he, his children, and his grandchildren laugh and live their very human lives; we are on planes and in cars, crisscrossing Russia and the globe; and we are with him alone, in a quiet office after everyone has left, in the hot steam of a Russian bathhouse, and in the silence of a sleepless night. As incisive personally as he is politically, Yeltsin reveals in his journal entries not only a nation struggling to change but a man struggling to lead the way. It is a remarkable glimpse inside the mind and heart of a leader as he guides his country forward. The Struggle for Russia is full of Yeltsin's trademark honesty, whether he is speaking about mistakes he's made or people he's encountered. He gives us a detailed and revealing view of the players in Russia's battle for democracy, and he also paints vibrant and perceptive portraits of other world leaders. We join Yeltsin for a beer with Vaclav Havel, for a walk on the beach with Bill Clinton, for a morning swim in a mountain stream with Helmut Kohl, and for tea with Margaret Thatcher. And perhaps most movingly, we join him under fire, as he risks his career and his life to fight for a better future. The Struggle for Russia is a work that manages to speak of both one man's and one nation's dreams and doubts, and in it we encounter Russia's past, its present, and a striking view of the challenges ahead. Never before has a major head of state made public his journal while he or she was still in power. This is a rare and monumental event, and the result is a book that not only is a riveting read, but is itself truly part of history.

Midnight diaries by Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( Book )
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 1,207 libraries worldwide
This title is vol. 3 of Boris Yeltsin's autpbiography. The first two volumes are Against the Grain (v.1) and The Struggle for Russia (v.2).

The unknown Lenin : from the secret archive by Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin ( Book )
6 editions published between 1996 and 1999 in English and held by 1,128 libraries worldwide
Was Lenin a visionary whose ideals were subverted by his followers? Or was he a cynical misanthrope, even crueler than Stalin? This book, which contains newly released documents from the Lenin archive in Russia, lays bare Lenin the man and the politician, leaving little doubt that he was a ruthless and manipulative leader who used terror, subversion, and persecution to achieve his goals. Edited and introduced by the eminent scholar Richard Pipes, the documents date from 1886 through the end of Lenin's life. They reveal, among other things, that Lenin's purpose in invading Poland in 1920 was not merely to sovietize that country but to use it as a springboard for the invasion of Germany and England; Lenin took money from the Germans (here we have the first incontrovertible evidence for this); in 1919 Lenin issued instructions to the Communist authorities in the Ukraine not to accept Jews in the Soviet government of that republic; as late as 1922 Lenin believed in the imminence of social revolution in the West, and he planned subversion in Finland, Turkey, Lithuania, and other countries; Lenin had little regard for Trotsky's judgment on important matters and relied heavily on Stalin; Lenin assiduously tracked dissident intellectuals and urged repressive action or deportation; and Lenin launched a political offensive against the Orthodox Church, ordering that priests who resisted seizure of church property be shot - "the more the better."

Women and Russia : feminist writings from the Soviet Union ( Book )
5 editions published between 1984 and 1997 in English and held by 919 libraries worldwide

The view from the Kremlin by Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( Book )
3 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 259 libraries worldwide

Nyeformaly : Civil society in the USSR by Li︠u︡dmila Alekseeva ( Book )
4 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 53 libraries worldwide

The Moscow Helsinki monitors : their vision, their achievement, the price they paid, May 12, 1976-May 12, 1986 by Catherine A Fitzpatrick ( Book )
3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 53 libraries worldwide

Violations of the Helsinki accords, Yugoslavia : a report prepared for the Helsinki Review Conference, Vienna, November 1986 ( Book )
2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 37 libraries worldwide

From below : independent peace and environmental movements in Eastern Europe and the USSR ( Book )
2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide