MARC details
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
100309s2004 enka 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2005360978 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1843430509 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) u4593 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Transcribing agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Modifying agency |
EG-CaNU |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
ncode |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
320.947 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Politkovskaya, Anna. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9151 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Putinskai͡a Rossii͡a. |
| Language of a work |
English |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Putin’s Russia / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Anna Politkovskaya ; translated from the Russian by Arch Tait. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Harvill Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
301 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Former KGB spy Vladimir Putin, named Prime Minister of Russia in 1999 and, one year later, President, successfully marketed himself as an enlightened leader with both feet planted firmly on the Eastern borders of Europe. Indeed he became, for a period, something of a media darling in the West. Anti-establishment journalist and human-rights activist Anna Politkovskaya disagreed strenuously with this point of view. In Putin's Russia, she trains her steely gaze on Putin 'without the rapture'. From her privileged vantage-point at the heart of Russian current affairs, Politkovskaya reports from behind the scenes, dismantling both Putin the man and Putin the brand name, arguing that he is a power-hungry product of his own history in the security forces and so unable to prevent himself from stifling dissent and other civil liberties at every turn. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
After centuries of living under tyrants, Politkovskaya argues, this is not what contemporary Russians want. The book is, however, not simply a biography or an analysis of Putin's presidency. Politkovskaya's writing is known for its humanity and its passion, and her focus is on individual human beings and their stories. 'My book is jottings made on the margins of life in Russia. For the time being, I cannot analyse that existence. I'm just living and noting what I see.' So her readers are treated to an expose of mafia dealings and scandals in the provinces, of corruption in the military and the judiciary, of the decline of the dissident intelligentsia and concomitant rise of street traders, and of the truth behind the Moscow theatre siege. Other shocking stories fill out an intimate portrait of nascent civil institutions being subverted under the unquestioning eyes of the West. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Known by many as "Russia's lost moral conscience", Anna Politkovskaya is a special correspondent for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta. In 2000 she was awarded the prestigious Golden Pen Award by the Russian Union of Journalists for her outspoken coverage of the war in Chechnya. She was called in by the Russian government as a negotiator during the 2002 Moscow theatre siege by Chechen separatists. |
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1 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1952- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9152 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Russia (Federation) |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision |
1991- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2627 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Russia (Federation) |
| General subdivision |
Social conditions |
| Chronological subdivision |
1991- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2627 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Russia (Federation) |
| General subdivision |
Moral conditions. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2627 |