Public Opinion and the 1996 Elections in Russia: Nostalgic and Statist, Yet Pro-Market and Pro-Yeltsin

Authors

David S. Mason, Butler UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1997

Publication Title

Slavic Review

First Page

698

Last Page

717

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2502118

Abstract

Between 1991 and 1996 Russia underwent a precipitous economic and social decline with decreases in production, gross national product, and wages, and increases in inequality, crime, and corruption. Most people experienced a decline in their standard of living, and many fondly recalled the security and stability of the communist era.

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Recommended Citation

David S. Mason and Svetlana Sidorenko-Stephenson. "Public Opinion and the 1996 Elections in Russia: Nostalgic and Statist, Yet Pro-Market and Pro-Yeltsin," Slavic Review 56, no. 4 (Winter 1997): 698-717