Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 The Librarian, the Library, and the Russian Collections 10
6. Chapter 2 Mikhail Gorbachev and the Late Soviet Period, 1987–1991 37
7. Chapter 3 Boris Yeltsin, 1991–1996 96
8. Chapter 4 Boris Yeltsin, 1996–1999 130
9. Chapter 4 Boris Yeltsin, 1996–1999 167
10. Chapter 6 Vladimir Putin, 2000–2008 198
11. Chapter 7 Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, 2008–2015 234
12. Conclusion 275
13. Appendix 295
14. Notes 303
15. Selected Bibliography 347
16. Index 359