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Russia
Some Basics
Communism
The USSR v. Russia
China v. the USSR
Terms: the USSR
CPSU
Nomenklatura system
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Stalin Agricultural Collectivization
Centralized planning
Focus on infrastructure and military industries.
KGB
Terms: the USSR
Gorbachev
Glasnost, perestroika and demokratizatsiia.
Yelstin
Russia: Post-USSR
Yeltsin
Putin
Politics
• Political Cleavages
– Free Markets v. Strong State Role in Economy.
– Political Elites v. Oligarchs
– Regional v. Moscow (i.e., center/periphery)
– Russians v. Chechens
vCandidates
Nominating parties
Votes %
Vladimir Putin 39,740,467 52.94
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party of the Russian Federation
21,928,468 29.21
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 4,351,450 5.80
Aman Tuleyev 2,217,364 3.84
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
2,026,509 2.70
Konstantin Titov 1,107,269 1.47
Ella PamfilovaFor civil dignity
758,967 1.01
Stanislav Govorukhin 328,723 0.44
Yury Skuratov 319,189 0.43
Alexey Podberezkin 98,177 0.13
Umar Dzhabrailov 78,498 0.10
Against all 1,414,673 1.88
TOTAL 74,387,754 100.00
2004 Russian Elections
2008 Russian Elections
Sources
• 2004 Russian Elections: Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights: RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. (14 March 2004). Link.
• 2008 CRS report. Link.
