The good Russian : in search of a nation's soul / Jana Bakunina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakunina, Jana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bakunina, Jana.

Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022.

Nationalism--Russia (Federation).

Nationalism.

Russia (Federation)--Social life and customs--21st century.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Social conditions--21st century.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : The Bridge Street Press, 2025.

Summary:

When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the writer Jana Bakunina, who has lived in the UK for 20 years, felt furious, ashamed, but most of all helpless. A year later she travelled to her home city of Yekaterinburg to see how ordinary Russians viewed the conflict - and whether the soul of her nation had truly been crushed. Jana finds a booming city seemingly untouched by war. Reconnecting with old friends, she discovers people either happy to go along with a regime that has brought them stability, or else staying out of politics. Most painful of all, her once liberal father has channelled his personal disappointments into becoming a firm fan of Putin. In the grand humane tradition of Russian dissident writers, Jana Bakunina grapples with a universal problem: what happens when a country you love becomes infected by nationalism? What hope is there when voices of conscience are silenced by dictatorship? And can Russians in exile still imagine a liberated future?

Contents:

'What is the purpose of your visit?'

Doublethink

Life goes on

Churchill's key

'I only scream when I'm asleep'

Suspended hope

'Crimea is ours! And are you ours?'

'I couldn't live there any more'

The accidentals

Cancel Putin not Puskhin

The good Russian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780349136592

0349136599

9780349136585

0349136580

OCLC:

1559701640