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The book explores the deep-rooted role of alcohol in Russian society, particularly focusing on a significant anti-alcohol campaign initiated in the 1980s under Mikhail Gorbachev. By utilizing a variety of original sources such as interviews and local press, the author examines the historical impact of alcohol and the campaign's challenges and outcomes in the post-communist era. This engaging and illustrated study serves as both an insightful analysis of societal change and a cautionary tale about the limits of government-led social reform.
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Russia Goes Dry, Stephen White
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- Russia Goes Dry
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stephen White
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 266
- ISBN13
- 9780521552110
- Category
- World history, Propaganda
- Description
- The book explores the deep-rooted role of alcohol in Russian society, particularly focusing on a significant anti-alcohol campaign initiated in the 1980s under Mikhail Gorbachev. By utilizing a variety of original sources such as interviews and local press, the author examines the historical impact of alcohol and the campaign's challenges and outcomes in the post-communist era. This engaging and illustrated study serves as both an insightful analysis of societal change and a cautionary tale about the limits of government-led social reform.