The Mysterious Russia

Who founded the Russian state? Who was Rurik? Where was the Island of russes? Who was responsible for the aggressive foreign policy of tsarist Russia? Was the German-Bolshevik conspiracy in 1917? What was the role of Jacob Schiff in the victory of the Russian revolution? Why Stalin began mass repression in the 1930s? Why Vladimir Bukovsky began to hate the Soviet government? Whether the dissidents were able to influence the political system in Russia? What's the plan came up with...
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Who founded the Russian state? Who was Rurik? Where was the Island of russes? Who was responsible for the aggressive foreign policy of tsarist Russia? Was the German-Bolshevik conspiracy in 1917? What was the role of Jacob Schiff in the victory of the Russian revolution? Why Stalin began mass repression in the 1930s? Why Vladimir Bukovsky began to hate the Soviet government? Whether the dissidents were able to influence the political system in Russia? What's the plan came up with Andropov, becoming head of the KGB? Why Alexander Yakovlev became anti-Soviet? Who suggested to Vladimir Kryuchkov the idea of the State Emergency Committee? What is the role of Jeffrey Sachs in the Russian events of the 1990s? Why Yeltsin agreed to run for a second term? Who was the "godfather" of President Putin - Yeltsin, Berezovsky ... or Kissinger? Why the price of oil fell down in the 1980s and began to grow after the election of President Putin? Who advised Putin to appoint Medvedev as his successor? Reasoned answers to these questions are given in this book. As evidence of the author's point of view, there are presents new materials, unknown to readers.