Darkness at Dawn : The Rise of the Russian Criminal State

by David Satter

• ISBN13: 9780300105919
• ISBN10: 0300105916
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-09-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Anticipating a new dawn of freedom after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians could hardly have foreseen the reality of their future a decade later: a country impoverished and controlled at every level by organized crime. This riveting book views the 1990s reform period through the experiences of individual citizens, revealing the changes that have swept Russia and their effect on Russia's age-old ways of thinking. "The Russia that Satter depicts in this brave, engaging book cannot be ignored.Darkness at Dawnshould be required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state."Christian Caryl,Newsweek "Satter must be commended for saying what a great many people only dare to think."Matthew Brzezinski,Toronto Globe and Mail "Humane and articulate."Raymond Asquith,Spectator "Vivid, impeccably researched and truly frightening. . . . Western policy-makers, especially in Washington, would do well to study these pages."Martin Sieff,United Press International

Author Biography

David Satter is now senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
List of Abbreviations and Administrative Delineations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
The Kursk	p. 5
Ryazan	p. 24
The Young Reformers	p. 34
The History of Reform	p. 45
The Gold Seekers	p. 72
The Workers	p. 93
Law Enforcement	p. 112
Organized Crime	p. 127
Ulyanovsk	p. 156
Vladivostok	p. 165
Krasnoyarsk	p. 182
The Value of Human Life	p. 198
The Criminalization of Consciousness	p. 222
Conclusion: Does Russia Have a Future?	p. 248
Notes	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 289
Acknowledgments	p. 303
Index	p. 305
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