Political Opposition in Russia: A Dying Species?

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-246

  Gel’man, Vladimir ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY AT ST PETERSBURG   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 28144433792     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.21.3.226     Document Type: Article

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