The last man in Russia and the struggle to save a dying nation
Russia is dying from within. Oligarchs and oil barons may still dominate international news coverage, but their prosperity masks a deep-rooted demographic tragedy. Faced with staggering population decline?and near-certain economic collapse?driven by toxic levels of alcohol abuse, Russia is also batt...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Allen Lane
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dudko, Dmitrii S. 1922-2004
/ Russia
/ Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ Priest
/ History 1922-2004
B Soviet Union / Russia / Alcoholism / Population decline / Geschichte 1954- B Dudko, Dmitrii S. 1922-2004 / Russia / Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Priest / History 1922-2004 / Geschichte 1954- B Soviet Union / Russia / Alcoholism / Population decline |
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Biography
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| Summary: | Russia is dying from within. Oligarchs and oil barons may still dominate international news coverage, but their prosperity masks a deep-rooted demographic tragedy. Faced with staggering population decline?and near-certain economic collapse?driven by toxic levels of alcohol abuse, Russia is also battling a deeper sickness: a spiritual one, born out of the country's long totalitarian experiment.In The Last Man in Russia, award-winning journalist Oliver Bullough uses the tale of a lone priest to give life to this national crisis. Father Dmitry Dudko, a dissident Orthodox Chri |
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| ISBN: | 184614373X |