Inside The Kremlin
by Vladimir Solovyov And Elena Klepikova
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Author: Vladimir Solovyov And Elena KlepikovaEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
Published: 1987
ISBN: 0491034377
Number of pages: 278
Publisher: W H Allen
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Book Review: They pretend they are paying us, ad we pretend we are working
Summary: 5 Stars
This book published in 1987 paints a disastrous picture of the state of the Soviet Union just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is an exemplary illustration of a country completely controlled by one party, without free elections, without freedom of speech, without freedom of movement; in one word, without democracy.
It was a country controlled by the secret service, which was heavily represented in the Politburo (the military didn't have a delegate).
The overall atmosphere was one of desperate disillusion. The country was paralyzed by an immense bureaucracy with a Nomenklatura system for the top jobs. The majority of the people saw no better future ahead. It was lethargy and cynicism all around: `they pretend they are paying us and we pretend we are working.'
As an act of protest, the whole population seemed on the brink (or over?) of committing collectively suicide through alcoholism: `Russian drunkenness has grown to epidemic proportions and has tragic and ominous consequences. There has been a sharp drop in male longevity. Infant mortality has risen as sharply. Of the babies born in 1982, one out of six (16.5 %) was abnormal. A full 85 % of all felonies such as murder, rape, and armed robbery were committed under the influence of alcohol.'
`In 1985 three tank crewmen with the soviet occupying forces in Czechoslovakia traded their tank for a case of vodka.'
These devastating population statistics served as a basis for Emmanuel Todd's clairvoyant book `The Final Fall: An essay on the decomposition of the Soviet sphere'.
This book contains also a wealth of information on more or less important historical figures, like Mrs. Furtseva, General Jaruzelsky, President H. Amin of Afghanistan, E. Shevarnadze, Y. Andropov and others.
It is a must read for all those interested in the history of Russia and of one party States.
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