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| control field | ocn881140767 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251028093344.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 140606s2015 xx 000 0 eng d |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (Sirsi) i9781455509638 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | YDXCP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | YDXCP |
| Modifying agency | OCLCQ |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1455509639 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781455509638 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)881140767 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | VF$A |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) | |
| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) | DK 510.762 .F45 2013 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Feifer, Gregory. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Russians : |
| Remainder of title | the people behind the power. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York, Boston : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Twelve, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Media type code | n |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Hidden Russia -- Extravagance -- Poverty -- Drinking -- Intimates -- Domestic order -- Indolence and inefficiency -- Avant-garde -- Cold and punishment -- Clan rules -- Grandiosity and bombast -- Future delayed -- Afterword. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | From former NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer comes an incisive portrait that draws on vivid personal stories to portray the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries-and continue to do so today. [This book] explores the seeming paradoxes of life in Russia by unraveling the nature of its people: what is it in their history, their desires, and their conception of themselves that makes them baffling to the West? Using the insights of his decade as a journalist in Russia, Feifer corrects pervasive misconceptions by showing that much of what appears inexplicable about the country is logical when seen from the inside. He gets to the heart of why the world's leading energy producer continues to exasperate many in the international community. And he makes clear why President Vladimir Putin remains popular even as the gap widens between the super-rich and the great majority of poor. Traversing the world's largest country from the violent North Caucasus to Arctic Siberia, Feifer conducted hundreds of intimate conversations about everything from sex and vodka to Russia's complex relationship with the world. From fabulously wealthy oligarchs to the destitute elderly babushki who beg in Moscow's streets, he tells the story of a society bursting with vitality under a leadership rooted in tradition and often on the edge of collapse despite its authoritarian power. Feifer also draws on formative experiences in Russia's past and illustrative workings of its culture to shed much-needed light on the purposely hidden functioning of its society before, during, and after communism. Woven throughout is an intimate, first-person account of his family history, from his Russian mother's coming of age among Moscow's bohemian artistic elite to his American father's harrowing vodka-fueled run-ins with the KGB"--Publisher's description. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social values |
| Geographic subdivision | Russia (Federation) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | National characteristics, Russian. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Political culture |
| Geographic subdivision | Russia (Federation) |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Russia (Federation) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Storms Research Center | Storms Research Center | Main Collection | 10/28/2025 | DK 510.762 .F45 2013 | 98649485 | 10/28/2025 | 12.97 | 10/28/2025 | Book |