Introduction 1. Russia from Two Perspectives 2. The Roots of the Russian State: Autocracy A Brief History 3. Emergence and Development 4. Decline and Revolution 5. The Soviet State The Transition 6. The Soviet Breakup 7. The Smuta of the 1990s The Revival 8. Putin's System 9. State-Led Capitalism 10. Managed Democracy 11. a Normal Great Power The Crisis 12. Protest 13. Ethno-Nationalism 14. Corruption 15. Tensions with the West Conclusion 16. Whither the Russian State?
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