Russia's post communist shock therapy 1991-3

False Dawn – Russia's Two Utopian Experiments and the Legacy of Shock Therapy

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In this solo episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we explore John Gray's False Dawn and the remarkable parallels between two failed attempts to remake Russia on a Western model – Bolshevism and the "shock therapy" of the post‑Soviet 1990s.

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