The Oligarchs
LC Class | HC340.12 .H64 2001 | |
The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia is a 2001
Synopsis
Hoffman's account focuses on the rise of the Russian oligarchs, a group of businessmen who acquired great wealth and became very influential in Russian politics during the Boris Yeltsin presidency, and several state officials who were close to them. The book examines in detail the roles of six individuals:
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- Mikhail Khodorkovsky (former owner of Bank Menatep and Yukos oil company)
- Vladimir Gusinsky (former media baron, founder of NTV channel and owner of several newspapers)
- Alexander Smolensky (owner of one of the largest private banks in Russia, SBS-Agro, which collapsed in the 1998 Russian financial crisis)
- Yury Luzhkov (long-time mayor of Moscow)
- Anatoly Chubais (influential member of Boris Yeltsin's administration and architect of Russian privatization)
Reception
The book has been translated into several languages, including Russian, Spanish, Hebrew, Chinese and Croatian.
The book has received generally positive reviews from academic and popular publications.[1][2] Writing for the journal Foreign Affairs, political scientist Robert Legvold called the book ""a masterful blend of adventure and serious, informed analysis."[3] Rosalie Parker, writing for The SAIS Review of International Affairs, gave a more mixed review which praised the book for its depth and digestible format while criticizing it for failing to "reconnect with the reality of everyday life in Russia."[4]
See also
References
External links
- Lenin's Capitalists (Book review by William Taubman in The New York Times, 28 April 2002)
- Discussion of The Oligarchs with Hoffman, March 30, 2002
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