Russia's Communists At The Crossroads [Hardcover]

Less than five years after President Boris Yeltsin's ban on communist activity in Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) rose from the debris of the former Communist Party of the Soviet Union to win over one-third of the seats in the lower house of parliament in December 1995 and to challenge Yeltsin for the presidency itself1 Introduction -- 2 From the Debris of the CPSU: The Rebirth of The Communist Movement -- 3 Unity in Diversity: The Founding of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation -- 4 The CPRF, the Radical CPs, and the Constitutional Crisis of 1993 -- 5 Ziuganovism in Theory and PracticeThis book is about the evolution of the communist movement in the Russian Federation from the last years of the U.S.S.R.'s existence through Russia's presidential elections of June—July 1996, when the chief contenders were the incumbent president.Joan Barth Urban is professor of politics at the Catholic University of America. Valerii D. Solovei is senior researcher at the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow.USCopyright ? 1997 Taylor & Francis