Nazarbayev and the making of Kazakhstan / Jonathan Aitken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aitken, Jonathan, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazarbaev, Nursultan.

Kazakhstan--History.

Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan--Politics and government--1991-.

Kazakhstan--Economic conditions--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kazakhstan is colossal in size, complicated in its history, colourful in its culture and is a nation state that most outsiders know little of. Much of the existing narrative revolves around the country's first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. But his life can only be understood in the context of the land in which he was born, raised and became a leader. For centuries the tribes of Kazakhstan had been plundered and conquered by foreign invaders. The most ruthless of these were the 20th century leaders of the Soviet Union, but after its collapse it was Nazarbayev who emerged as the new President

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1: Ancestry and Childhood; 2: Student and Steelworker; 3: Young Communist, Young Husband, Young Rebel; 4: Climbing the Party Ladder; 5: A Frustrated Prime Minister 1984-1986; 6: December 1986 and its Consequences; 7: The Coup and the Breakup; 8: The Birth Pains of Independence; 9: To Nuclear or Not to Nuclear; 10: New Currency - New Constitution - New Economy; 11: Russia, the Caspian and China; 12: Entering the 21st Century Part I - The Domestic President; 13: Entering the 21st Century Part II - The International President; 14: A Capital Vision; Epilogue

Source NotesSelect Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4411-9562-9

1-282-87519-1

9786612875199

1-4411-5862-6

OCLC:

676697875