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The Post-Soviet Russia

The Post-Soviet Russia. Lecture 4 Lyra Riabov Associate Professor Southern New Hampshire University. Post-Soviet Russia From 1985 to Present. Gorbachev’s Perestroika & Glasnost Yeltsin’s Democratic Revolution Putin and “ New Russians ”. 1917. 1991. Lenin 1917-1924. Stalin 1924-1953.

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The Post-Soviet Russia

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  1. The Post-Soviet Russia Lecture 4 Lyra Riabov Associate Professor Southern New Hampshire University

  2. Post-Soviet Russia From 1985 to Present • Gorbachev’s Perestroika & Glasnost • Yeltsin’s Democratic Revolution • Putin and “New Russians”

  3. 1917 1991 Lenin 1917-1924 Stalin 1924-1953 Chernenko 1984-1985 Khrushchev 1953-1964 Andropov 1983-1984 Brezhnev 1964-1982 Gorbachev 1985-1991 1991-2003 Yeltsin 1991-1999 Putin 2000-present

  4. Time of Stagnation Human Rights Movement 1966 Tarkovsky: Andrei Rublev 1971 Beginning of large-scale Jewish emigration In 1970 Sakharov with Soviet dissidents Valery Chalidze and Andrei Tverdokhlebov founded the Moscow Human Rights Committee 1974 Deportation of Solzhenitsyn from USSR 1978 Trial of Natan Shcharansky 1979 Invasion of Afganistan 1980 Exile of Sakharov Brezhnev 1964-1982 Andrei Sakharov 1921-1989 February 21,1977,TIME The KGB was cracking down on Soviet dissidents and harassing the Western journalists profiling them. Sakharov, called the "guiding spirit of the hunted dissidents of the U.S.S.R.," was praised as a "pilgrim of conscience" for his pursuit of human rights. Natan Shcharansky Refusenik and human rights activist. Member of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group. Arrested in 1977, in 1978 sentenced to 13 years in prison. Continued his struggle in imprisonment.Exchanged in 1986 for a Soviet spy. Lives in Israel, prominent political leader, member of the Knesset, several times served as a minister in the Israeli government. “I soon banished Stalin from [my] world. But the state, the nation, and the ideals of communism remained intact for me. It took me years to understand the degree to which deceit and demagoguery were involved in those notions”  (A. Sakharov)

  5. Lyra at the Chemiakin Exhibition at Georgii Mikhailov’s Apartment in St. Petersburg in 1978 Igor Spadaruck, “Portrait of G. Mikhailov”

  6. Art Exhibition in Manezh Leningrad, 1971. Photo by Vlad Ovchinnikov

  7. Lyra’s House in St.Petersburg (Leningrad)

  8. St. Petersburg (Leningrad), 1976 Lyra, her twin daughters, and her students “refusniks” are waiting for the arrival of the SNHU friends

  9. SNHU group at Lyra’s Home inSt. Petersburg (Leningrad), 1978

  10. In 1976 SNHU and St. Anselm College have developed an academic program for Person-to-Person Tours. Participants of those study groups as well as many other Americans visited me in Leningrad, met with my students, exchanged ideas, and built long lasting friendships. Prof. John Windhausen, American & Russian Friends at Lyra’s Home in Leningrad. Person-to-Person ToursAcademic Program

  11. Chris Toy, a Member of the SNHU Group, is in Moscow (1976)

  12. Rabbi Starr and Dr. James Grace at Lyra’s Home St.Petersburg (Leningrad), 1981

  13. From Perestroika (Restructuring) and Glasnost (Openness),1985 to Dissolution of the USSR, 1991 Struggle for Democracy, 1987-1989 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster on April 25th -26th, 1986. The Chernobyl accident killed more than 30 people immediately, and as a result of the high radiation levels in the surrounding 20-mile radius, 135,000 people had to be evacuated. 15,000 people are believed to have died as a result of the accident, while a further 50,000 were crippled by exposure to radiation. Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 and initiated the process of reforms that would be called Perestroika. Sakharov at a pro-democracy rally President Regan and Gorbachev.First Summit in Geneva, 1985 President Bush and Gorbachev are on Governor’s Island, 1988 in New York. Signing the INFTreaty in the White House,1987 In the Red Square in Moscow, 1988

  14. 1993 Yeltsin storms the Parliament Building, 200 people were killed June 1991, Boris Yeltsin was elected the President of the Russian Federation On March 26, 2000, Vladimir Putin was elected the President of the Russian Federation Mr. Putin owes much of his popularity to the tough line he has taken with Chechen separatists. August 1991, people support Yeltsin against putsch Docking of Space Station Mir and US Space Shuttle, 1996 Russian security forces surround the Moscow theater where hostages are taken by armed ChechensOctober 2002

  15. “Soviet Officials Get Taste of American Capitalism”The Union Leader, June 17, 1991 “The Soviets, all high officials in aerospace industry, have spent the past month studying the American free market system, attending lectures and viewing first-hand how the institutions of capitalism work.”Nancy Meersman, The Union Leader Staff, 1991 The Participants visit the General Electric Co. in Lynn, MA.1991

  16. New Hampshire College Welcomes Soviets to Training Program In August, 1991 as President Bush was visiting the Soviet Union strengthening diplomatic ties, nineteen Soviet business people were studying in SNHU program. Don Cox, Lyra Riabov and the Soviets pose in front of the Graduate School, SNHU, 1991

  17. Visits and Meetings The 157th Refueling Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, received the Soviets at the Pease Air Base in Newington, NH. Lyra and the Participants of the SNHU Program are on Board of the KC-135K Air Refueling Aircraft

  18. “Soviets Enjoy Lee USA Action”Portsmouth Herald, 1991 The Soviets were special guests of the Lee USA Speedway racing event. The participants believed that the improving relations between our countries made this educational program possible. Lyra and members of the group pose with the winner of the race

  19. Recreational Activities • Skip Ashooh and his Rotary Club friends invited the Soviet businessmen to a dinner in a local restaurant in Manchester, NH. • Lyra brought the group for an evening stroll in Boston.

  20. Weekends How do American families live? Person to person contacts were the best way to learn about each others cultures. Dr. Paul Schneiderman entertains his Soviet guests at his home. (top) The group is planning its next trip either to the White Mountains, or the Seacoast, or the Lake Region of New Hampshire.

  21. Memorable Meetings The Soviets met with the First Lady Barbara Bush. February, 1992. New Hampshire The First Lady Barbara Bush, Professor Lyra Riabov and Mr. Kazarin, the Leader of the Soviet Delegation

  22. My Russia

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